between imitation and innovation. Using US patent data for the period 1977-2005, we find that there are inverted U …-shaped relationships between the degree of industry-level technological imitation and industry-level innovation activities and between the … degree of industry-level technological imitation and the value of firm-level innovation. Our results suggest that positive …

The study of innovation and technological change is an increasing field of economic enquire because innovation can be … considered a major engine of growth. This paper is concerned with the determinants of innovation and technological change …

The study of innovation and technological change is an increasing field of economic enquire because innovation can be … considered a major engine of growth. This paper is concerned with the determinants of innovation and technological change …

}. We present a multicountry model of technological innovation and diffusion which has the implication that, for a wide …

article surveys the scientific literature to make the empirical case for diversity in innovation and inventing, finding a … growing body of research to show how diverse innovators expand the reach, quality, and quantity of innovation. It then surveys … innovation. It introduces the concept of the “innovator-inventor gap” in patenting to document how across dozens of settings …

technological leadership contributes to national welfare. Increased domestic resources or domestic innovation efficiency need not … sufficient share of income is spent on high quality levels, does increased domestic resources or domestic innovation efficiency … leadership reduce welfare by reducing the rate of innovation …

A frequently made claim in the innovation literature is that important inventions involve the transfer of new knowledge …

at the expense of the innovation and investment communities of OECD member nations, inasmuch as they have raised foreign …