empirical model where innovation and imitation provide two potential sources of productivity growth for countries behind the …-tradables sector share is especially harmful, while the positive influence from technological backwardness and innovation activities …

own innovation. The analysis predicts that the willingness to enforce IPR is U-shaped in a country GDP: small … enforcement of IPR yields a higher level of innovation and global welfare only if the developing country does not innovate. A …

We analyze the role of imitation and innovation in promoting technological progress in new members of European Union …: the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia. The two modes of technological development—innovation and imitation …—are distinguished from one another by identifying the dominant orientation of innovation efforts at the industry level. Specific …

intricate reverse engineering are. Unlike similar step-by-step innovation models of economic growth, the model assumes Cournot …