Is more intense product market competition and imitation good or bad for growth?Thisquestionisaddressedinthecontextofanendogenousgrowth model with “step-by-step ” innovations, in which technological laggards must first catch up with the leading-edge technology before battling for technological

Although import competition commonly is said to have a positive impact on domestic R&D, neither a proper theoretical foundation nor a robust body of empirical evidence exist in favour of the claim. In this paper we (will) use the recently developed step-by-step innovation model, which shows

Schema matching is a critical step in many applications, such as XML message mapping, data warehouse loading, and schema integration. In this paper, we investigate algorithms for generic schema matching, outside of any particular data model or application. We first present a taxonomy for past

on patenting than in other industries, and in which the scope for deterring entry through patenting is not too large. Our empirical Öndings are in line with step-by-step innovation models predicting that product market competition enhances innovation and, more importantly, that patent protection can complement

Using a dynamic model of a step-by-step innovation race between financially constrained firms, I study how financial constraints affect innovation activity. The novel theoretical results derive from an analysis of the interaction between the incentive effect of competition on innovation

Using a dynamic model of a step-by-step innovation race between financially constrained firms, I study how financial constraints affect innovation activity. The novel theoretical results derive from an analysis of the interaction between the incentive effect of competition on inno-vation

innovative system offering application developers an extensively flexible group communication model is described. The emergence of process-group environments for distributed computing represents a promising step toward robustness for mission-critical distributed applications. Process groups have a

&D on firms ’ incentives to innovate. A dynamic step-by-step innovation model with history dependency is developed. Firms can accumulate knowledge by investing in R&D. As a benchmark without knowledge accumulation it is shown that relaxing the usual assumption of imposed imitation yields additional

, including more complex code, richer object behaviors, and more demanding memory system requirements. This paper takes a step towards improving methodologies for choosing and evaluating benchmarks to foster innovation in system design and implementation for Java and other managed languages.

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