accompanied by efforts improving the quality of its product. There emerges that the firm's relative incentives along the two … directions are conditional upon market affluency, measured by consumers' willingness to pay for quality, and R&D efforts are … complements at equilibrium. We also perform the stability analysis, showing that a stable branch exists along the quality …

We examine the relationship between competition and innovation in an industry where production is polluting and R …&D aims to reduce emissions ("green" innovation). We present an n-firm oligopoly where firms compete in quantities and decide …

This paper investigates the determinants of innovative activities and the innovation-performance relationship for the … innovation. After controlling for ownership types, industry and regional fixed-effects, key findings include: (i) R&D and … innovation activities not only stimulate firms' profitability and growth of sales, but also increase their survival propensity …