In this paper we explore how innovation and structural change affected economic development in the long run, by which … consumers could purchase the new, higher quality, non necessities, goods and services generated by innovation. In the paper we …

The availability of new internationally-harmonized innovation survey data collected from OECD countries has created … some interesting opportunities for studying the following two key areas: (1) the determinants of innovation behavior at … firm level, and (2) innovation as an important factor contributing to the economic growth. This paper looks at the …