We study the global innovation and diffusion of ideas by introducing trade into the model in Eaton and Kortum (1999 … intensity of innovation within countries over time and diffusion rates across countries. We find significant specialization … across the globe: some countries have high innovation rates, while other countries rely on diffusion. Although innovation is …

global drug diffusion and innovation. The pool allows generic firms worldwide to license drug bundles cheaply and …

Purpose–The authors attempt to answer the basic questions: How is imitation tied to innovation? This question is … addressed in the context of China’s innovation system in the 2000s where Chinese industrial firms simultaneously implement … innovation and imitation strategies in their new product developments. Design/methodology/approach–The authors first build on …

effects enhance the likelihood of disruptive innovation, depending on the heterogeneity in customer preference. Strong network …