Author Name | ISOGAWA Daiya (University of Tokyo) /NISHIKAWA Kohei (Setsunan University) /OHASHI Hiroshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) |
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Creation Date/NO. | December 2012 12-E-077 |
Research Project | Basic Research for a New Industrial Policy |
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Abstract
This paper evaluates the economic impact of new-to-market product innovation using firm-level data obtained from the Japanese National Innovation Survey. It accounts for possible technological spillovers in innovation activities and examines the extent to which new-to-market product innovation contributes to firm performance. The paper offers several new insights on product innovation.