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 …

This paper analyzes the impact of technological diversity on innovation inputs and success using Swiss firm-level panel … applications as suggested by the literature. However, since patent applications reflect an intermediate innovation input rather …

We test whether intellectual property rights (IPRs) foster or hinder innovation by estimating IV structural equations …

We test whether intellectual property rights foster or hinder innovation by estimating IV structural equations for a …

, but we do not find evidence for the reverse effect. When additionally looking at innovation performance, R&D activities …

comprising three cross-sections (1999, 2002, and 2005) of the Swiss innovation survey, four different types of R&D strategies …

industry level the impact of energy prices on green innovation activities. Our econometric models show that energy prices and … green innovation activities are positively related and that energy prices have a significantly positive impact on the ratio … lag between energy prices and innovation activities. Robustness tests confirm the main results. …

question focusing on the innovation capability of firm founders. We find that the combination of different founder …

universities and tested them on Swiss firm data. In a second step, we investigated the impact on innovation performance of …-oriented firms. We further found a positive effect on innovation performance for exploration-oriented firms but not for those that …