discovery and in the diffusion of a technological principle and their profit flow depends on how many firms adopt the innovation …

We study how frictions in learning others' technology, termed "imperfect technology spillovers," impact firm innovation … strategies and the aggregate economy through changes in innovation composition. We develop an endogenous growth model that … generates strategic innovation decisions, where multi-product firms improve their products via own-innovation and enter new …

We analyse how spatial disparities in innovation activities, coupled with migration costs, affect economic geography …

the comparative analysis suggests the need to strengthen local innovation in order to increase the ability to catching …

by firms subsequently to production operations. We then use the model to investigate how distribution shapes innovation … implications for innovation. The per-unit cost implies that factory-specific productivity improvements cannot sustain steady …

Lindgaard Christensen -- Product innovation and economic theory user-producer interaction in the learning economy / Bengt …The aim of this book is to contribute to the understanding of product innovation - how it takes place and how it … affects firms and the economy. It links product innovation to interactive learning and to the performance of firms. It studies …