The "economics" problem arises with the need for investment at high and stable levels to produce long term secure employment (even at reduced hours of work and better income distribution), for it is such investments which engenders economic growth with corresponding threats to the sustainability...

Cette etude vise cinq objectifs : 1) examiner si l'augmentation recente de l'activite liee aux brevets est un phenomene mondial ou s'il est unique au Canada et examiner les causes de cette augmentation; 2) examiner la performance du Canada au chapitre des inventions par rapport a celle des...

This paper examines the relationship of growth and collective bargaining, when research and ordinary production employ two labour inputs, the households' saving behaviour is characterized by stochastic returns that follow a Poisson process, and wages are simultaneously determined by collective...

This paper studies the link between productivity, innovation and research and development investments at the firm level. We introduce three new features: (i) A structural model that explains productivity by innovation output, and innovation output by research and development investments; (ii)...

The main objective of this paper is to analyze the links between product market competition, innovation and growth. We capture the idea that firms innovate in order to try to escape - albeit temporarily - from the pressure of competition exerted on them by their rivals. At each date, an industry...

The Tasmaninan Government has recently followed the reputably successful New Brunswick Government of Canada in setting up an industrial strategy to build an information technolgy (IT) industry of significance. The strategy aims to overcome isolation in small region-based economies and...

We aim to shed light on the precise way in which an innovation in the field of cell therapy comes about. We develop a non-cooperative bargaining model between two categories of agents who possess scientific information which is a priori different and who have to find an agreement as to the...

This paper analyzes the effects of different sources of R&D funding and patent office attributes on the patenting process. Another important contribution is modeling the effect of a random delay in the ‘pendency’ time as a stochastic process and quantifying its effect on patenting. The...

The article tackles the question of the ever growing importance of soft factors of production in the process of competitive advantage for contemporary enterprises. This condition has resulted of turbulent environment characterized by increasing competition, generalized uncertainty and...