The creation of spinoff companies is often promoted as a desirable mechanism for transferring knowledge and …

characteristic for their competitive environment. This is particularly the case for knowledge-intensive service providers, product …

market (innovation). It turns out that spillovers from rivals lead to more imitation, while inputs from customers and … research institutions enhance original innovation. …

This paper considers the U.S. Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program as a policy fostering academic …

outsourcing of R&D activities to contract research organizations and its implications for innovation performance. This paper … findings suggest that technological uncertainty, contractual experience and openness to external knowledge sources motivate the …

. A sound innovation capacity, especially knowledge, creativity, market and management skills let them become bridges for …During the last 20 years, R&D and innovation activities in the service sector have clearly increased. Especially … information and communication technologies, knowledge-intensive business service firms increasingly play the role of "converters …

as reduced remuneration and job loss. However, managers might over-invest into innovation for reasons of growth implying … their own interests. When entrenched, managers do not fear detrimental effects of risky innovation projects on their career …, and hence tend to over-invest into innovation. …

. Immigrant entrepreneurs are less than half as likely to found a company in a knowledge-intensive industry as native … entrepreneurs in knowledge-intensive industries can be explained by lower education levels, while smaller firm sizes suggest more …