need repair than a new one superseding it has been invented. The Soviet economy, in contrast, did not stress innovation, by … future?" This book is a detailed study of the role of innovation in Soviet industry. While focusing on this specific factor … within the socialist economic structure, then examines their individual effects on the overall process of innovation. With …

significant advances in understanding the determinants and consequences of innovation, until recently they have paid little … attention to how innovation functions as an economic process. This book examines the nature and workings of markets for …

process innovation on productivity in the Chilean manufacturing industry during the past decade. In general, the evidence … suggests there is not a contemporaneous effect of product innovation on productivity, but there is a positive effect of process … innovation. This notsignificant effect of product innovation contrasts with evidence of studies for other countries. However, the …

This paper addresses the relationships between innovation, research and development (R&D) and productivity in domestic … ICT firms in Costa Rica. Factors considered were the types of innovation outputs produced by domestic ICT firms, the … relative importance of innovation inputs, the impacts of innovation on firm productivity, the protection of innovations, and …

This paper aims at evaluating the impacts of innovation promotion programs administrated by the Colombian Innovation … and that the main channel behind this result is product diversification (product innovation). …

This paper evaluates the impact of two public programs, FONTEC and FONDEF, aimed at fostering innovation in Chilean …

The Internet's remarkable growth has been fueled by innovation. New applications continually enable new ways of using …. Questions about the relationship between innovation and the Internet's architecture have shaped the debates over open access to … Architecture and Innovation, Barbara van Schewick explores the economic consequences of Internet architecture, offering a detailed …

technological change on the economy, one must delve into structural details of the innovation process to analyze how laws …

between innovation and the stock market value of the innovating firm; competition policy; demand factors as determinants of … growth; institutional aspects of the innovation process; and the effectiveness of monetary policy in stabilizing the economy. …