This paper examines how hospital competition and insurance reimbursement policies shape the diffusion of medical innovations. Using patient-level data from Taiwans drug-eluting stent (DES) market in t
New product activity is critical for sustained success of consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands. However, the impact of new SKUs on the perceived quality, quality uncertainty and subsequent choice of t
We match patents to products using natural language methods applied to detailed product descriptions and patent texts in the consumer goods sector. While more than half of product innovations originat
