oligopolistic market induced by vertical innovation, tighter IPRs may hurt both economies; while in a monopolistic competition … the pharmaceutical industry. In this proposed theoretical and empirical work, innovation from the North, followed by … market induced by horizontal innovation, tighter IPRs may benefit both economies as long as the degree of IPR protection is …

intellectual property rights and of offshoring costs on the rate of innovation and on the offshoring intensity. In chapter 4 I …

own innovation. The analysis predicts that the willingness to enforce IPR is U-shaped in a country GDP: small … enforcement of IPR yields a higher level of innovation and global welfare only if the developing country does not innovate. A …

&D-cooperations. The results of a microeconometric analysis, based on firm data on innovation, let in general presume that with intensified … competition also the influence of spillovers on R&D-cooperation increases. However, competition seems to induce firms to search … spillover effects may even hinder firms from cooperating in R&D when there is intensive competition on the research stage …

affect firms' innovation strategy choices, concretely, whether to abstain from innovation, to introduce products that are … known in the market but new to the firm (imitation) or to introduce market novelties (innovation). Using a sample of 1253 … effectiveness is low or medium, both innovation and imitation are enhanced, whereas if it is high, only innovation is enhanced. …

affect firms' innovation strategy choices, concretely, whether to abstain from innovation, to introduce products that are … known in the market but new to the firm (imitation) or to introduce market novelties (innovation). Using a sample of 1253 … effectiveness is low or medium, both innovation and imitation are enhanced, whereas if it is high, only innovation is enhanced. …

&D-cooperations. The results of a microeconometric analysis, based on firm data on innovation, let in general presume that with intensified … competition also the influence of spillovers on R&D-cooperation increases. However, competition seems to induce firms to search … spillover effects may even hinder firms from cooperating in R&D when there is intensive competition on the research stage. …

forward protection reduces the rate of innovation and imposing a nonobviousness requirement reduces R&D spending. It is shown … that full protection against imitation, granted independently of the size of the lead, maximizes the average innovation … rate. -- Intellectual property rights ; persistent leadership ; cumulative innovation ; preemption ; forward protection …