The ever-greater complexity and dynamism that innovation entails have forced firms to complement their internal knowledge basis cooperating with different stakeholders. Between several existing alternatives, the cooperation with customers is one of the most important sources of innovative ideas....

Purpose: The purpose of the paper is to study the determinants of firms' innovation effort using the main approaches in strategic management. The authors specifically analyze the joint effects of industry structure and country characteristics on innovation effort while controlling for firm...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to analyse whether the effect of innovation subsidies on firms' R&D investment varies depending on whether the firm is suffering from financial constraints. Design/methodology/approach: To address this analysis, the authors provide a theoretical model and...