The Business of Product Innovation : International Empirical Evidence

The Business of Product Innovation : International Empirical Evidence

It is so widely recognized that innovation is a key driver of economic growth that it is cliché to say so. This article studies product innovation by firms with data from 68 countries, covering more than 25,000 firms in eight manufacturing sectors....

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Main Author:	Lederman, Daniel
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	BUSINESS ACTIVITIES BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CAPABILITIES CAPACITY UTILIZATION COMPETITORS CONFIDENCE INTERVALS CREATIVE DESTRUCTION DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS DISCOVERY DIVERSIFICATION DUMMY VARIABLES ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ENTERPRISE SURVEYS ENTREPRENEURSHIP EXOGENOUS FACTORS EXPORT SECTOR FACTOR ANALYSIS FINANCIAL SUPPORT FIRM PERFORMANCE FIRM SIZE FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTMENT GLOBAL BUSINESS GLOBALIZATION HYPOTHESES IDEA INCUMBENTS INDIVIDUAL FIRM INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERINGS INNOVATION EFFORTS INNOVATION INDICATORS INNOVATION OUTCOMES INNOVATIONS INNOVATIVE FIRM INNOVATIVE FIRMS INNOVATIVE IDEAS INTEGRATION INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTMENTS IN INNOVATION JOINT VENTURES LICENSE LICENSING MANUFACTURING MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY MARKET COMPETITION MARKET SHARE MATRICES MISSING OBSERVATIONS MISSING VALUES MNC MNE MULTINATIONAL MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISES NEW ENTRANTS NEW IDEAS NEW PRODUCT NEW PRODUCTS ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES PARENT COMPANIES PERFORMANCES PRECISION PREDICTIONS PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS PRIVATE SECTOR PROBABILITIES PROBABILITY PROCESS INNOVATION PRODUCT INNOVATION PRODUCT INNOVATIONS PRODUCTIVITIES PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC POLICY R&D REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT REGULATORY REFORMS REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLES RESULT RESULTS SIZE OF FIRMS STANDARD DEVIATION STANDARD DEVIATIONS STANDARD ERRORS STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION TELEPHONE TELEPHONE LINES USES VALIDITY WEB
Online Access:	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20090219155716 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4036

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