We study innovation and R&D investments made from 2008 to 2010 by UK companies that were the targets of leveraged … buyout (LBO) in previous years. We find that overall, LBO companies do not exhibit lower innovation and R&D investments than … non-LBO companies during the crisis, with other things being equal. However, innovation and R&D investments decline …

article is dedicated to this question through the analysis of the first innovation survey of Tunisian firms. In particular, it … Probit models) and non-parametrical regression trees on the results of the first community innovation survey in Tunisia. We … find that the innovation behavior of the three categories of firms is strongly contrasted. Our results show firms that …

-1999, suggesting that academic research was becoming more important to innovation in the 1990s. However, the volume of academic …

This paper examines the determinants of innovation amongst small and medium enterprises in the Malaysian manufacturing … not an important determinant of innovation. Small-sized firms with more employees are more likely to innovate. Medium …

In this note we investigate socio-technical transition pathways concentrating our attention on innovation niches … formations. Specifically, we present a methodological conceptualization of innovation-niches and propose a preliminary protocol … of innovation-niches propose in this paper. Although preliminary, we believe this study represents an important step in a …

This paper focuses on the innovation gap between countries in the Euro-Mediterranean (Euromed) area and its … implications in terms of growth and convergence. Using a large set of innovation variables, we estimate a growth model à la Barro … which shows that differences in innovation between countries explain differences in growth of per capita GDP within this …

This paper investigates the causal relationship between innovation and labour force reallocation within the firm … inter-firms and sectors reallocations, innovation activity can be effective in hampering immigration flows from lagging … flow of graduated people took place the innovation process was not effective in increasing the requirement of high …

We show a new way through which patent protection affects innovation. We show that patent protection may reduce the … final goods producers' incentives for innovation in industries with imperfectly competitive input markets. The input market …