Responding to research questioning the significance of external factors such as industry and country in explaining the patterns of innovation-related activities, we examine the effects of factors both internal and external to the firm. Analyzing CIS data, we find that external factors are more...

Using data from 6378 Mexican firms for the 2012–2013 period, this paper estimates the effect of competition with China for the US market on the innovation efforts of the Mexican manufacturing sector. After controlling for the influence of several variables, we find a U-curve shaped...

This paper tries to account for impact from both R&D tax incentives and subsidies policies on firm innovation in China. Unlike most of the literature, we look at the joint effect of the two R&D policies when they are awarded to firms simultaneously rather than separately, measuring firm...

The need for continuous sustainable innovation reflects a way in which firms overcome inertia and respond to changes in the external environment. In manufacturing firms, the primary source of innovation comes from product-related innovation (product innovation) and technology-related innovation...

In this article we investigate - both conceptually and empirically - the relationship between three interconnected elements of the Schumpeterian "engine of progress": the ability of industries' R&D efforts to turn out successful innovations; the ability of innovations to lead to high...