Barriers to entry, internationalisation and technology (BITE)
Project in the field of international industrial economics analysing the interaction between technology development and commercialisation.Cooperation with SSB Participants
Fulvio Castellacci
Per Botolf Maurseth
Arne Melchior
A principal objective of the project is to bridge the gap between research on technology on one side, and research on internationalisation and market structure on the other, by studying the interaction between technology and markets, with a focus on internationalisation. According to technology-based perspectives, innovation and technology flows are the fundamental determinants of development and growth. According to new trade theory and the economic geography approach, however, industrial development is to a larger extent shaped by market forces. The point of departure for this project is that both perspectives are right, but at the same time also erroneous since they do not properly account for the other. In the project, the purpose is therefore to bridge the gap between the two approaches, as a step towards an integrated framework for research and policy discussion in the field.
Funding
Norwegian Research Council
Publications
- Castellacci, Fulvio (2009). Theoretical Models of Heterogeneity, Growth and Competitiveness: Insights from the Mainstream and Evolutionary Economics Paradigms. NUPI Working Paper: 763. 39 pages. This paper presents a survey of theoretical models of heterogeneity, growth and competitiveness.
- Castellacci, Fulvio (2009). How Does Competition Affect the Relationship Between Innovation and Productivity? Estimation of a CDM Model for Norway. NUPI Working Paper: 767. 35 pages. The paper investigates the effects of industry-level competition on firm-level innovation and productivity.
- Castellacci, Fulvio
(2010). How does competition affect the relationship between innovation and productivity? Estimation of a CDM model for Norway,
Economics of Innovation and New Technology , vol. 19,
.Routledge.p. 1-22.The paper investigates the effects of industry-level competition on firm-level innovation and productivity. We propose a refined version of the CDM (Crepon, Duguet, and Mairesse) model that analyses the impacts of competition on four interrelated stages of the innovation process: the choice of a firm to engage in innovation, its R&D intensity, its innovation output and labour productivity. [url]
