potential suppliers generate and sell the most suitable innovation. Moreover, procurement by public agencies and large firms … the degree of competition between suppliers, as well as other more practical indirect ways to stimulate innovation. We … discuss the effects of standard setting activities by large, often public, procurers on innovation races. We evaluate how …

By choosing their organizations, firms trade-off productive efficiency and time spent in implementing innovation. We …

communicate valuable knowledge to an entrepreneur, facilitating innovation. The venture capitalist can also communicate the … transfer, and their implications for investment, innovation, and product market competition. The model also sheds light on the …

We investigate whether inward FDI, either at the firm or industry level, has any impact on product innovation by … that export, invest in human capital or R&D, or have prior innovation experience. We also find that SOEs with internal R …

, innovation and economic growth. We provide empirical evidence that the reforms carried out under the EU Single Market Programme … with a subsequent increase in innovation intensity and productivity growth for manufacturing sectors. In our analysis we … reforms on average profitability, and the effects of profitability on innovation and productivity growth. …

that influence innovation by firms and their subsequent growth. Our data come from a survey of nearly 4,000 firms in 24 … and opportunities for innovation, virtually every firm that emerged from central planning was maladapted to the new … competition in market economies. We find evidence of the importance of a minimum of rivalry in both innovation and growth: the …