Das weltweite Wirtschaftswachstum hängt zusehends vom internationalen Austausch vonWissen ab. Multinationale Unternehmen (MNUs) und ihre internationalen Niederlassungenstellen wesentliche Übertragungskanäle für diese grenzüberschreitenden Wissensflüsse dar.Interessanterweise existieren...

This study focuses on the early stages of international innovation activities, i.e. theorganizational processes through which promising ideas from around the globe are collectedand evaluated. We ask: What characteristics make foreign knowledge interesting to domesticR&D managers? We envision...

In this paper we investigate the factors that lead firms to cooperate withpartners from foreign countries on innovation activities. Portuguese and Germandata from the harmonised Community Innovation Survey (CIS III) allow us tocompare innovation cooperation behaviour of private firms in the two...

In this paper we analyse the effect of R&D co-operation on firms´ innovationperformance. We investigate the effect of past co-operation on current sales ofinnovative products, distinguishing between products new to the firm and new tothe market, and on cost reductions due to innovative...