This paper analyses the relationship between past innovation output, competition, and future innovation input in a … results for both countries. Innovation output in t-1 as measured by the sales share of innovative products is positively …

analysis rests on the German data from the Europe-wide Community Innovation Survey (CIS). We use a unique data set of about 900 … domestic innovation activities the later wave reports IP infringements. In a second analysis, the likelihood of infringements … from innovation host countries and no innovation host countries abroad is examined. Before the empirical analysis, an …

This paper examines empirically the relationship between innovation and market structure within a simultaneous … concentration. In contrast, competition enforces innovation, i.e. sales concentration has a negative impact on R&D. …

, but only for firms that engage in in-licensing and only for product innovation. The relationship between fragmentation and …

higher innovative performance for firms that do not in-license. Furthermore, the effects of fragmentation on innovation also …