for higher level of innovation. We find the socially optimally monitoring rate for the government that result in maximum … commonly labelled as piracy impedes innovation. We find the answer depends on the nature of piracy i.e. whether it is end …-users or commercial piracy. For end user piracy, copyright infringement does not necessarily impede innovation; in fact it can …

smallholder agriculture. Following the agricultural innovation systems framework (AIS), this paper reviews a participatory … framework known as the 'Follow the Innovation' (FTI) approach, which was developed in the research project 'Economic and … claims that multi-stakeholder interactions and the adaptation of 'innovation packages' or 'plausible promises' are crucial …

We examine the effect of foreign institutional investors on firm innovation. Using firm-level data across 26 non …-U.S. economies between 2000 and 2010, we show that foreign institutional ownership has a positive, causal effect on firm innovation …. We further explore three possible underlying mechanisms through which foreign institutions affect firm innovation …