obstacles to innovation. We propose a discrete test of supermodularity in innovation policy leading to a number of inequality …This Paper develops a framework for testing discrete complementarities in innovation policy using European data on … constraints. We apply our test to two types of innovation decisions: to innovate or not, and if so, by how much. We find that …

on supermodularity and submodularity tests for obstacles to innovation (in the present application: lack of finance … detect some substitutability and complementarity for specific pairs of obstacles in analysing the propensity to innovate, and …The paper aims at assessing discrete complementarities in innovation policies in the context of the Brazilian industry …

perceived complementarity between these innovation activities. An important finding is that a capacity to strategically protect …Successful innovation depends on the development and integration of new knowledge in the innovation process. In order … to innovate successfully, the firm will combine different innovation activities. In addition to doing own research and …

of profit maximization to evaluate how dealers change their innovation adoption strategies following the elimination of …

research grants than for development grants. We also find cross-scheme effects that may arise due to complementarity between …

individual level, examining the relationship between religiosity and a broad set of pro- or anti-innovation attitudes in all five … waves of the World Values Survey (1980 to 2005). We thus relate eleven indicators of individual openness to innovation … innovation. …

contractible or when we preclude cooperation in long-term relationships, (ii) the rate of innovation in the cooperative equilibrium … period). In that case, for sufficiently slow diffusion, the innovation rate in the cooperative equilibrium may be higher than …

This paper quantifies the relationship between market size and innovation in the pharmaceutical industry. We estimate … the elasticity of innovation, as measured by the number of new chemical entities appearing on the market for a given … the hypothesis that innovation in pharmaceuticals is becoming more difficult and expensive over time, as costs of …

-return characteristics of the selected innovation project and the mode of commercialization chosen by entrepreneurs (market entry versus sale …

innovation policy in the context of EU economic law (competition policy, intellectual property law, sector regulation). As such … law that moves beyond apparent conflicts and assumes innovation as the starting point. Taking this as the foundation, the … analytical grid to be used to identify ways in which economic law impacts innovation, and second an applied component that …