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Innovation in Large and Small Firms: An Empirical Analysis

American Economic Review 1988 78(4), 678-690
[We present a model suggesting that innovative output is influenced by R&D and market structure characteristics. Based on a new and direct measure of innovation, we find that (1) the total number of innovations is negatively related to concentration and unionization, and positively related to R&D, skilled labor, and the degree to which large firms comprise the industry; and (2) these determinants have disparate effects on large and small firms.]