"It is so widely recognized that innovation is a key driver of economic growth that it is cliche to say so. This … article studies product innovation by firms with data from 68 countries, covering more than 25,000 firms in eight … manufacturing sectors. The author assesses the predictions of inter-disciplinary research on innovation by firms. The econometric …

consequences for market values of innovation-driven firms. Although a substantial body of literature demonstrates that new product …

While firms increasingly adopt open innovation, little is known about whether firms gain or lose from this innovation … open innovation strategies, particularly collaboration and contractual forms of relationships for innovation (i ….e. innovation cooperation and R&D outsourcing/external R&D). The thesis is empirical and relates the various results to the data …