We test whether intellectual property rights (IPRs) foster or hinder innovation by estimating IV structural equations …

This paper analyzes the impact of technological diversity on innovation inputs and success using Swiss firm-level panel … applications as suggested by the literature. However, since patent applications reflect an intermediate innovation input rather …

Recent studies in the tradition of Schmookler have re-emphasised the potential role of demand in stimulating innovation …. Here, we reconsider the role of "home" and "export" market demand in stimulating manufacturing innovation using comparable … innovation production functions using panel data estimators over the sample period 1994 to 2005. For a range of innovation …

innovation performance, addressing endogeneity by exploiting within firm variation as well as variation in labor supply across … regions. We find that vertical educational diversity increases the extensive margin of R&D and product innovation …, particularly new product innovation. However, the relationship with process innovation, R&D intensity, and product innovation …

, but we do not find evidence for the reverse effect. When additionally looking at innovation performance, R&D activities …

industry level the impact of energy prices on green innovation activities. Our econometric models show that energy prices and … green innovation activities are positively related and that energy prices have a significantly positive impact on the share … an increasing lag between energy prices and innovation activities. Robustness tests confirm the main results. …

This paper investigates the relationship between technology specialization and innovation performance of firms … innovative products. Following the "technology trajectory (path)" increases the probability of an above average innovation … detect a significant positive relationship between the combined effect (transfer and specialization) and the innovation …

universities and tested them on Swiss firm data. In a second step, we investigated the impact on innovation performance of …-oriented firms. We further found a positive effect on innovation performance for exploration-oriented firms but not for those that … were exploration-oriented. -- knowledge exploration ; knowledge exploitation ; innovation …