This paper analyzes the choice between different external technology sourcing activities of a firm. On the one hand, the firm can acquire new technology which is embodied in personnel. On the other hand, the firm can obtain new technology disembodied through a licensing agreement or by...

We explore how R&D project characteristics condition the governance of an R&D project and its individual activities. Prior literature has sought to explain the factors - both at the industry and at the firm level - that influence the way in which firms partner for innovation. In this paper, by...

This paper examines the diversity of linkages of firms to science and their effect on innovation performance for a sample of Belgian firms (CIS-3). While at the sectoral level links to science are highly related to the R&D intensity of the sector, we show that there is considerable heterogeneity...