An empirical test of the asymmetric models on innovative activity: Who invests more into R&D, the incumbent or the challenger?

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 153-173

  Czarnitzki, Dirk ^a   Kraft, Kornelius ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH ZEW   (Germany)

^b TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Incumbent versus entrant; Innovative activity; Patent races; Tobit with selectivity; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842711687     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2003.01.008     Document Type: Article

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