Keeping up with rapid technological change necessitates constant innovation. Successful innovation depends on both … implement them. Both of these knowledge-based elements of innovation can be attained through moderate labor force turnover in … innovation within a multivariate regression framework. However, when instrumenting training by the existence of a union …

environmentally-related taxes and tradable permits is likely to lead to greater technological innovation than more direct forms of … aspects of product and labour market regulation which have implications for technological innovation, such as product and …

We investigate the role of workers' and managerial experience as a determinant of firm innovation and productivity in a … innovation and productivity. The effect of managerial experience measured by age on firm performance depends instead on the type … of firm: high age of managers and board members is bad for innovation and productivity growth, while costs and benefits …

We analyze the role of imitation and innovation in promoting technological progress in new members of European Union …: the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia. The two modes of technological development-innovation and imitation …-are distinguished from one another by identifying the dominant orientation of innovation efforts at the industry level. Specific …

We consider an R&D-driven endogenous growth model in which innovation is risky and agents are risk averse. Growth is … social insurance, thus encouraging innovation and accelerating growth. The general equilibrium effects of the reallocation of …

We develop a theory of innovation for entry and sale into oligopoly, and show that inventions of higher quality are …

that the connection between overconfidence and innovation is more complex than the previous literature suggests. In … innovative activity. While overoptimism leads to an innovation enhancing effect, judgmental overconfidence inhibits innovation …. Our results indicate that future research is well advised to take into account that the relationship between innovation …