Determinants of Innovation

Micro-econometric analyses cover a wide range of new innovation 'input' and 'output' indicators. Among the robust findings about determinants of innovation is evidence on the importance of technological opportunity, of appropriability of innovation benefits, and of Schmooklerian demand-pull effects. As opposed to the evidence from standard R&D data, small firms appear more innovative and the impact of market power on innovation is, in the best case, modest.

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Notes on the Contributors - New Indicators and Determinants of Innovation: an Introduction; A.Kleinknecht - Industrial Innovation in Switzerland: a Model-based Analysis with Survey Data; S.Arvanitis & H.Hollenstein - Schumpeterian Conjectures: a Moderate Support from Various Innovation Measures; B.Crepon, E.Duguet & I.Kabla - Determinants of Innovation: a Micro-econometric Analysis of Three Alternative Innovation Output Indicators; E.Brouwer & A.Kleinknecht - Factors Determining R&D and Innovation Expenditures in German Manufacturing Industries; J.Felder, G.Licht, E.Nerlinger & H.Stahl - Firm Size and Participation in R&D; R.W.Vossen & B.Nooteboom - Index