This article puts forward an approach to systemic understanding of innovation outsourcing types based on the dialectical combination of the general and the specific in outsourcing practice. The study involved synthesis, systematisation, and development of theoretical and applied approaches to...

Dans ce document, nous decrivons ce que les economistes savent, soupconnent et supposent au sujet des determinants de l'innovation. Nous evaluons les donnees disponibles en faisant ressortir les domaines ou des travaux supplementaires sont requis sans delai. Dans bien des cas, on ne peut tirer...

This paper explores several characteristics of patents in the biotechnology field, comparing and contrasting them to patents in other fields of research. We find that biotechnology patents face a longer lag between application and grant date, and their secrecy would be heavily affected if...

The performance of the institutional structure protecting intellectual property is a matter of deep concern in determining economic well-being. Unfortunately, economic theory has been of little help in providing straightforward advice for policy-makers, the range of contradictory results...

The purpose of this paper is to examine how the Solow residual relates to innovation at the firm level. We estimate two kinds of relationships. The first relationship explains innovation output from innovation inputs. The second relationship relates TFP growth to innovation output.

The realisation of the important role that innovation played to a country's well being gave rise to the search for the best business size, capable of producing new products and processes. In this paper, the authors argue for the discarding of the conventional wisdom of Small vs Large and the...

The pharmaceutical industry is unique because of a close connection between knowledge and final product. As the quintessential science-based industry, pharmaceuticals depend heavily on high level manpower and substantial R&D for innovation. Because these requirements are costly, the industry is...

Die Regulierung von Märkten für innovative digitale Produkte und Dienste wirft eine Reihe grundsätzlicher Fragen auf, die nachfolgend zunächst aus theoretischer Sicht betrachtet werden. Dabei werden auch Aspekte des Schumpeterschen Innovationswettbewerbs in offenen Volkswirtschaften...