Sources of spillovers for imitation and innovation

Riccardo Cappelli (), Dirk Czarnitzki and Kornelius Kraft

No 13-064, ZEW Discussion Papers from ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research

Abstract: We estimate the effect of R&D spillovers on sales realized by products new to the firm (imitation) and new to the market (innovation). It turns out that spillovers from rivals lead to more imitation, while inputs from customers and research institutions enhance original innovation.

Keywords: innovation; imitation; spillovers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L12 O31 O32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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