This paper studies empirically the determinants of foreign technology acquisition through licenses. We extend the previous literature by examining spillover effects of general licensing activity in the sector as well as in downstream sectors.

This paper studies empirically the determinants of foreign technology acquisition through licenses. We extend the previous literature by examining spillover effects of general licensing activity in the sector as well as in downstream sectors.

This paper examines the determinants of innovation amongst small and medium enterprises in the Malaysian manufacturing sector using firm-level data. For small-sized firms, younger firms are more likely to innovate compared to older firms. However, for medium-sized and large-sized firms, older...

We model non-drastic technological innovation in a duopoly model with differentiated products. We derive profit functions for both firms which depend on only one variable, the technological gap. As our model derives product demands directly from agent utility we are able to fully describe the...

The aim of this paper is to explore the relationship between the adoption of Information Technologies(IT) and the adoption of New Organizational Practices (NOP) in the context of an emerging country (Tunisia). Based on a face-to-face questionnaire administrated to a random sample of 175 Tunisian...

This paper investigates the causal relationship between innovation and labour force reallocation within the firm, measured as the share of white collar workers. To the extent that intra-firm reallocation can be considered as a substitute for inter-firms and sectors reallocations, innovation...

We present evidence that small firms perform two to four times more innovations per dollar of R&D than large firms. We propose a search theory of R&D that accounts for the evidence. A firm incurs R&D expenses until it has discovered a level of R&D productivity that is sufficiently great to...

The creation of an innovation niche depends on the interaction of three mechanisms involving: converging expectations, adequate level of individual and network power and efficient knowledge creation and diffusion (Lopolito and Morone, 2010). Such mechanisms define the key characteristics of a...

This paper studies an independent patent-holder's licensing of a process innovation to a Cournot duopoly characterized by partial cross ownership. We find that royalty licensing is preferred by the patentee when the degree of cross ownership is high, whereas fixed fee licensing is preferred when...

Investment in R&D is positively associated with the variance of sales growth and, to a lesser extent, employment growth. The magnitude of this effect has not increased in recent decades, however.