innovation and international technology transfer in general.  The literature suggests that patent protection in a host country … encourages technology transfer to that country but that its impact on innovation and development is much more ambiguous.  We then …-related technologies.  We conclude that the "double externality" problem, that is the presence of both environmental and knowledge …

the association of foreign technological knowledge with indigenous innovation processes strengthened productivity …The paper explores the long run evolution of Italy's performance in technological innovation as a function of … transfer of foreign technological knowledge through a number of channels, analysing the impact of imported technology. The …

the association of foreign technological knowledge with indigenous innovation processes strengthened productivity …The paper explores the long run evolution of Italy's performance in technological innovation as a function of … transfer of foreign technological knowledge through a number of channels, analysing the impact of imported technology. The …

presents some empirical evidence on the effects of innovation on employment growth and therefore on firms� productivity with … process innovation. The sources of employment growth during the period are split equally between the net contribution of … product innovation and the net contribution from sales growth of old products. However, the contribution of product innovation …

Innovation in SMEs exhibits some peculiar features that most traditional indicators of innovation activity do not … capture. Therefore, in this paper, we develop a structural model of innovation which incorporates information on innovation … enhances the likelihood of having both process and product innovation. Both these kinds of innovation have a positive impact on …

include ICT investment and R&D as the two main inputs of innovation and productivity. We find that R&D and ICT are both … strongly associated with innovation and productivity, with R&D being more important for innovation and ICT for productivity. We … explore their possible complementarity in innovation and production but find none, although there is complementarity between R …