We study innovation and R&D investments made from 2008 to 2010 by UK companies that were the targets of leveraged … buyout (LBO) in previous years. We find that overall, LBO companies do not exhibit lower innovation and R&D investments than … non-LBO companies during the crisis, with other things being equal. However, innovation and R&D investments decline …

article is dedicated to this question through the analysis of the first innovation survey of Tunisian firms. In particular, it … Probit models) and non-parametrical regression trees on the results of the first community innovation survey in Tunisia. We … find that the innovation behavior of the three categories of firms is strongly contrasted. Our results show firms that …

history of business operations from these four countries. Firstly, the book examines innovation practices of long … organizational and technological factors for long-term innovation success. Further, the book provides recommendations based on …

Aufgabenbeschreibung -- Die offiziellen Erhebungen zu Forschung, Entwicklung und Innovation -- Publikationen -- Zitate …Diese Open-Access-Publikation beschreibt unterschiedliche Ansätze zur Messung von Forschung, Entwicklung und Innovation …

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Survey design and summary statistics -- Chapter 3. Innovation output -- Chapter 4 … how R&D management practices are associated with the success and the nature (explorative or exploitive) of innovation …, using a unique survey of firms in Japan. While there is wide agreement that innovation is a key determinant for growth of …

This paper focuses on the innovation gap between countries in the Euro-Mediterranean (Euromed) area and its … implications in terms of growth and convergence. Using a large set of innovation variables, we estimate a growth model à la Barro … which shows that differences in innovation between countries explain differences in growth of per capita GDP within this …

We show a new way through which patent protection affects innovation. We show that patent protection may reduce the … final goods producers' incentives for innovation in industries with imperfectly competitive input markets. The input market …

their effects on innovation, several merger proposals have been challenged due to their adverse innovation effects. In a … desirability of merger may depend on the effectiveness of the patent system and the cost of innovation. …

We examine how consumption externalities affect R&D activities by using a simple innovation-driven growth model where …

of innovation as well as correlative data that show a negative correlation between income inequality and levels of … innovativeness. Our two models suggest that unequal access to problems slows innovation by reducing the level and variety of human … capital applied to problems. More interestingly, both models show that the rate of innovation decline becomes much more …