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The bright side of product market threats: The case of innovation

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  • Le, Danh Vinh
  • Le, Huong Thi Thu
  • Vo, Lai Van

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Using Hoberg, Phillips and Prabhala’s (2014) product market fluidity to capture competitive threats, we find that firms with high product market threats will invest more in R&D and generate higher number of patents and patent citations. In addition, this positive effect of competitive threats on innovation is more pronounced for firms with smaller market shares or in more competitive industries. We also document that investing more in innovation helps competition-threatened firms increase their market power in the future. Overall, our results suggest that product market threats create incentives for firms to innovate to “escape” competitive pressure.

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  • Le, Danh Vinh & Le, Huong Thi Thu & Vo, Lai Van, 2021. "The bright side of product market threats: The case of innovation," International Review of Economics & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 71(C), pages 161-176.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:reveco:v:71:y:2021:i:c:p:161-176
    DOI: 10.1016/j.iref.2020.09.008
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    Keywords

    Competition; Innovation; Patent; Product market threats; R&D investments;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • G30 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - General
    • G31 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Capital Budgeting; Fixed Investment and Inventory Studies
    • G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill
    • O31 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
    • O32 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D

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