topic in the literature. Although controversial, such an argument has informed recent innovation policy across Germany …-based innovation policies are receiving, it is worth answering two main questions. First, are firms with a relatively high level of … social capital likely to be more innovative? Second, do companies pursuing innovation in partnership innovate more? This …

knowledge, namely post-entry experience, pre-entry experience, and knowledge acquired by innovative activity. Therefore, a … approach that links instrumental variable estimation with the Cox regression. The main results are that all three knowledge …

Knowledge is one of the most important determinants in single-industry studies of firm survival over the life cycle …. Different kinds of knowledge, namely post-entry experience, pre-entry experience, and knowledge acquired by innovative activity … positively influence the survival chances of firms. This paper investigates how the kinds of knowledge are able to compensate for …