"Globalization brings opportunities and pressures for domestic firms in emerging markets to innovate and improve their … competitive position. Using data on firms in 27 transition economies, the authors test for the effects of globalization through … find that competition has a negative effect on innovation, especially for firms further from the efficiency frontier, and …

competitive, knowledge based economy, and for involving Russia in the development process. A broad range of innovation policies … innovation. Regional innovation systems are constantly evolving and government must be flexible enough to support learning and … interactions between innovation stakeholders and the ability of firms to find their competitive advantages in global markets. …

, shifting power, and cultural uniformity. Globalization, Growth, and Poverty focuses on globalisation in terms of growing …