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Competition and innovation : an experimental investigation

Darai, Donja; Sacco, Dario; Schmutzler, Armin - 2009 - Revised version

The paper analyzes the effects of more intense competition on firms' incentives to invest in process innovations. We carry out experiments for two-stage games, where R&D investment choices are followed by product market competition. As predicted by theory, an increase in the number of firms from...

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Stranded Assets in the Transition to a Carbon-Free Economy

van der Ploeg, Rick - 2020

Assets in the fossil fuel industries are at risk of losing market value due to anticipated breakthroughs in renewable technology and governments stepping up climate policies in the light of the Paris commitments to limit global warming to 1.5 or 2 degrees Celsius. Stranded assets arise due to...

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Les branches clés de la R&D en Belgique : évolutions structurelles et stratégie d'entreprise

Biatour, Bernadette; Dumont, Michel; Kegels, Chantal - 2020

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On the long-run relationship between R&D expenditures and GDP : some considerations for the case of Italy (1963-2013)

Gahn, Santiago José - 2022

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Patterns of Current Account Adjustment - Insights from Past Experience

Algieri, Bernardina; Bracke, Thierry - 2021

The paper examines episodes of current account adjustment in individual economies. A central finding is that these episodes are very divergent and can be usefully classified, on the basis of cluster analysis, in three groups. A majority of cases is characterised by internal adjustment,...

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Heavyweights - the impact of large businesses on productivity growth

Falck, Oliver - 2007

The idea of an industrial policy that promotes large businesses - heavyweights - as the best way to compete in a globalized world has become, again, en vogue among European politicians. The only apparent controversy about the idea revolves around whether it is better to promote national...

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The impact of continuous training on a firm's innovations

Bauernschuster, Stefan; Falck, Oliver; Heblich, Stephan - 2008

Keeping up with rapid technological change necessitates constant innovation. Successful innovation depends on both … implement them. Both of these knowledge-based elements of innovation can be attained through moderate labor force turnover in … innovation within a multivariate regression framework. However, when instrumenting training by the existence of a union …

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Environmental policy design and the fragmentation of international markets for innovation

Johnstone, Nick; Hascic, Ivan - 2009

environmentally-related taxes and tradable permits is likely to lead to greater technological innovation than more direct forms of … aspects of product and labour market regulation which have implications for technological innovation, such as product and …

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Technological imitation and innovation in New European Union Markets

Uzagalieva, Ainura; Kocenda, Evézen; Menezes, Antonio - 2010

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 …

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Creative destruction and productive preemption

Norbäck, Pehr-Johan; Persson, Lars; Svensson, Roger - 2013

We develop a theory of innovation for entry and sale into oligopoly, and show that inventions of higher quality are …

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