main channels: innovation and absorptive capacity. The quantitative results, based on a panel of 16 OECD countries from …

innovation activities. Portuguese and German data from the harmonised Community Innovation Survey (CIS III) allow us to compare … innovation cooperation behaviour of private firms in the two countries. Using a bivariate probit model, we show that the … decision to cooperate with foreign partners. Some differences remain, however: In Germany, exporters are more likely to …