How the innovation-competition link is shaped by technology distance in a high-barrier catch-up economy

Evguenia Bessonova and Ksenia Gonchar

Technovation, 2019, vol. 86-87, 15-32

Abstract: The paper studies the effects of competition on innovation in various technology groups of mature Russian manufacturing firms. The purpose of the research is to establish whether more intense competition is good or bad for innovation, and to learn how the response to competition varies between technology leaders, followers and laggards.

Keywords: Product and process innovation; Competitive pressure; Manufacturing industry; Distance to the technology frontier (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2019.01.002

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