Subsidising innovation outside or within firms' existing knowledge base: Which is best for radical innovation?
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Keywords
radical innovation; public financial support; knowledge base; policy failure; additionality;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D3 - Microeconomics - - Distribution
- D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
- 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
- O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CSE-2024-04-01 (Economics of Strategic Management)
- NEP-ENT-2024-04-01 (Entrepreneurship)
- NEP-INO-2024-04-01 (Innovation)
- NEP-KNM-2024-04-01 (Knowledge Management and Knowledge Economy)
- NEP-SBM-2024-04-01 (Small Business Management)
- NEP-TID-2024-04-01 (Technology and Industrial Dynamics)
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