The importance of R&D investment in explaining economic growth is well documented in the
literature. Policies by modern governments increasingly recognise the benefits of supporting …

This chapter reviews the empirical literature on the determination of firms' and industries'
innovative activity and performance, highlighting the questions addressed, the approaches …

As green technology innovation efficiency is considered an effective indicator to evaluate
energy conservation and emission mitigation, the question of how to estimate it has become …

This paper investigates the effects of going public on innovation by comparing the
innovation activity of firms that go public with firms that withdraw their initial public offering …

Grossman and Helpman develop a unique approach in which innovation is viewed as a
deliberate outgrowth of investments in industrial research by forward-looking, profit-seeking …

Evidence on the “funding gap” for investment innovation is surveyed. The focus is on
financial market reasons for underinvestment that exist even when externality-induced …

Evidence on the 'funding gap'for R&D is surveyed. The focus is on financial‐market reasons
for under‐investment in R&D that persist even in the absence of externality induced under …

Many writers have claimed that research and development (R&D) has two faces. In addition
to the conventional role of stimulating innovation, R&D enhances technology transfer …

Numerous studies have shown that within industries, the propensity to perform R & D and
the amount of R & D conducted by performers are closely related to the size of the firm, while …

Hunt convincingly demonstrates that competition is not about dividing up limited resources
but about creating more resources and thus competition is pro-society. This truly …