technical skills and human capital. Each of these may help to reduce the costs of imitation, adaption, and follow-on innovation … the innovation, financial and skill requirements, externalities, and regulatory barriers. While scholars are still …

Although innovation diffusion is a central topic in policy and strategy, its measurement remains difficult … – particularly in cases where the innovation is a complex and possibly ambiguous practice. In this paper, we develop four theoretical …

The aim of this paper is to estimate the effect of research externalities across space, in generating innovation. We do … would increase the innovation of the region itself by 80-90%. Given the small size and the limited range of diffusion, we …

technological change, and then examine theory and empirical evidence on invention, innovation, and diffusion and the related …

The importance of innovation for the economic performance of industrialized countries has been largely stressed … innovation, the productivity of its R&D and the existence of knowledge spillovers across regional boundaries. Here we develop a … model which, emphasizing "the demand pull" as a key exogenous determinant of long-run innovation across regions, allows us …

entrepreneurial orientation literature emphasizes differentiation of the pursuit of innovation by new ventures. We apply the optimal … of innovation - innovation generation and innovation adoption - in new ventures. We employ fuzzy-set qualitative … for high innovation generation and high innovation adoption, respectively. Moreover, the orchestrating mechanisms of the …

Innovation is considered to be an important determinant of performance at the firm, industry and country level. This … domestic innovation is of little importance for most countries. Such countries can benefit from innovation conducted elsewhere … however, if knowledge and technology is diffused across borders. In this paper we survey existing literature on innovation and …

Open innovation is key for innovators responding to major problems in the world, including energy, healthcare, water …-off companies as a channel of market introduction of new technology and responsible innovation. Although rich in technological … capital, reason why they need to limit their efforts in active participation in open innovation networks. The paper starts …

and trade is costly. The paper integrates firm heterogeneity and trade into product innovation growth models from …