This paper describes and benchmarks innovation activities for a sample of countries in the South Asia region, as well … Asia region can be divided into two groups, in terms of the magnitude and composition of the innovation activities: leaders … (Bangladesh and India) and laggards (Nepal and Pakistan). Leaders present higher rates of innovation activities than laggards and …

countries is particularly productivity enhancing. We also find that GVC integration spurs greater domestic innovation activity. …

We take a fresh look at firms' innovation-productivity linkages, using novel data capturing new aspects of innovative …, trademarks and innovation surveys. We also establish connections between launches and previous innovative activity. We then link …

Innovation involves implementing new or significantly improved goods and services, production processes, marketing, or … organizational methods for adding value. The measurement of innovation provides a mechanism for benchmarking national performance …, and for examining innovation and its relation to economic growth. Further, examining determinants and bottlenecks to …

that will require more innovation for firms to remain competitive across the global market. The PIDS Survey on Innovation …% of Philippines establishments were innovation-active. Strikingly, the BPO sector spends the most for innovation … activities despite it being the least innovation-active among the various sectors at a rate of just 30%. Intellectual property …

This paper studies how innovation strategies of Russian manufacturing firms affect various features of firm performance …. A multi stage model is used, which relates the firm's decision to undertake R&D to its innovation output, technical … economies may adopt technologies embodied in imported hardware. Additionally, we link productivity and innovation output to …

We take a fresh look at firms' innovation-productivity linkages, using novel data capturing new aspects of innovative …, trademarks and innovation surveys. We also establish connections between launches and previous innovative activity. We then link …