This paper investigates the drivers and the effects of the internationalisation of innovation activities in SMEs based … on a large data set of German firms. We look at different stages of the innovation process (R&D, design, production and … competition and innovation-related location advantages for an SME’s decision to engage in innovation activities abroad. By linking …

the presence of such products on innovation and consumer welfare. For a given number of buyers, platform liability … increases innovation by reducing the competitive pressure faced by innovative products. However, there can be a misalignment of … intended effect on innovation. Platform liability tends to increase (decrease) innovation and consumer welfare when the …

to innovation and competition using data from the EBRD-WB Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey (BEEPS … competition and innovation have a simultaneous positive effect on labour productivity in terms of either sales or value added per …, exports, or population density. Innovation and foreign ownership appear to be the strongest drivers of multifactor …

from the SME sector, inter alia, through increasing innovation. An analysis of desk research strategies and regulations in …

main difficulty in preventing unauthorized use of an innovation is in the establishment of ranges and contexts of patents …

&D-cooperations. The results of a microeconometric analysis, based on firm data on innovation, let in general presume that with intensified …