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 … cooperation, firm size and the importance of protection methods for knowledge have a positive influence in both countries on the …

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 … cooperation, firm size and the importance of protection methods for knowledge have a positive influence in both countries on the …

Entering host country networks of knowledge flows (new competencies, innovative technologies, and lead-market knowledge … analysis we break down the complex mechanisms behind knowledge spillovers and identify conceptual links with liability of … country knowledge. We use a broad sample of roughly 1,000 firms in Germany to empirically test the existence of liabilities of …

Non-technological innovation is an important element of firms? innovation activities that both supplement and … complement technological innovation, i.e. the introduction of new products and new processes. We analyse the spread of … nontechnological innovation in firms, their relation to technological innovation, and their effects to firm performance and success …