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It is widely believed that Russian firms do not innovate. This belief is based on the conjecture that Russian firms should conduct R&D and introduce absolutely new products with the same intensity as do firms from the developed countries. At…

Both data sources contain information about sources of funding for innovations, but they report it differently. In the IET dataset, firms report percentage of funds, used to finance innovations, which was raised from a particular source. Therefore, summary statistics, which…

Both questioners have a section, which asks respondents to evaluate the problems, which they face in conducting innovation activities. The list of suggested problems includes financial problems, problems with finding managers, workers and other personnel with required qualifications, and problems…

To analyze, whether factors, discussed in the previous section, have any effect on innovation activities of Russian firms, we use probit regressions techniques. We estimate whether probability of a firm to be involved into innovation activities depends on competition with…

There are two competition measures, which are included in the regression separately. Foreign competition is measured as a log of the ratio of import to total output of the firm’s 5-digit OKONH industry. Domestic competition is proxied by Herfindahl-Hirschmann concentration…

Instead of using Herfindahl-Hirschman index or import share as a measure of competition, in this model we are able to include as a right-hand side variable firms’ own assessment of the degree of competition it faces. Information on competition is…