Although the literature converges regarding the reasons why and how networks of technology alliances are formed, there … within the context of technological innovation. We differentiate among a firm's direct ties, indirect ties and degree of …

Learning through networks has been considered as an important research topic for several years now. Technological … learning is more and more based on a combination of internal and external learning and firms need to develop both technological … the rate of innovation for companies with small patent and alliance portfolios. However, when the patent portfolio and …

-creating takeovers and increase innovation and do not induce agency con icts of managerial entrenchment. This implies that for innovative …

Arrangements to cooperate on innovation facilitate access to external sources of knowledge. Using panel data derived … from five waves of Community Innovation Survey in the Czech Republic, we examine whether firms engage in these arrangements … initiating cooperation on innovation therefore have the potential to induce durable changes in the innovative behaviour of firms. …

-based, comprehensive, etc) innovation policies, have abandoned the linear view by learning from innovation research. The division between …The concept of a holistic innovation policy is defined in this article, with discussions of what it is, why it is … relevant, and how it can be implemented to enhance product innovation. It is shown that the innovation systems approach has …

clients, human capital development, ICT usage, product innovation and learning by exporting, with an R&D effect only in the …Using micro data from Brazilian manufacturing firms, this paper investigates the impact of a wide set of innovation … long run. Though the intensity with which firms engage in these innovation activities is sector dependent, innovation …

plagued by low pay-off in relation to very high investments in R&D and innovation efforts. Using new data, we show that this … related to the Swedish paradox. We take account of the history of innovation policy in Sweden and – on the basis of the …

innovation output and economic growth for regions of the European Union from 1990-2002. Using several measures of social capital … and innovation, and the European Union’s Objective 1, 2 and 5b figures for EU regional support, the estimates suggest that …