In recent years the Russian innovation policy has made a significant progress that manifests in developing its ‘tool … kit', increasing resource base, etc. However it has not yet succeeded in improving business innovation activities that … Russian industrial enterprises the authors analyze key features of innovation in Russian companies under economic recovery, as …

incentives for innovation in Russian companies taking into account the organization of industries — vertical or horizontal … vertically organized sectors that define innovation activeness in the economy (for example, mechanical engineering), the …

boundaries between the innovation and imitation are often blurred. Hence, following the pioneer does not eliminate risk of market … in those sectors innovation may often not be the best strategic choice for market entry. In high-tech industries the … opportunities. In fact the business practice confirms the extensive utilization of imitation strategy by technology entrepreneurs …

the second scenario. Such conditions imply the existence of an inverse-U shaped relationship between innovation and … imitation. …

Numerous studies challenge the ultimately advantageous position of innovators and indicate that imitation, in the whole … and imitative practices in order to achieve above average profits. Therefore, in this article imitation is considered on … par with innovation as an alternative strategic option for successful business performance. The article presents the …

labels, retailers increasingly take over functions in the vertical chain. Focusing on innovation, we isolate various reasons … for why when a large retailer grows in size, this can lead to an inefficient shift of innovation activity away from … to a rent-appropriation motive for innovation, next to a hold-up problem. With retail competition, through crowding out …

welfare) is zero. This paper introduces a formal model of innovation based on imperfect competition in which imitation is …An extensive empirical literature indicates that returns from innovation are appropriated primarily via mechanisms … other than formal intellectual property rights -- and that `imitation' is itself a costly activity. However most theory …

We construct a model of dynamic endogenous product innovation and international trade, using it to calculate the … spur innovation of Northern goods and to make available greater resources for Northern production of current consumption …

A simple model of imitation and innovation is developed to explain a complicated picture of relative productivity … imitation, only innovation or a mixed policy prevails. We demonstrate how one can find the stationary states and check their … stability for a broad class of imitation-innovation cost functions. Using World Bank statistical data for the period of 1980 …