correlated to the size of investment of the innovation projects and the level of seniority is positively associated to the most … innovative projects. The seniority of champions explains positively the innovation success, but the hierarchical level has no …

capital considerations. In this paper we emphasize instead the role of complementary knowledge stocks and knowledge dynamics … innovation networks. To marshal evidence in this regard, we design a simple model of partner selection in which firms ally for …-based structural and strategic motives for partner selection and focus instead on the idea that firms' knowledge bases must "fit" for …

knowledge resources, and how firms derive information about potential partners. When innovation is decomposable into separate …In this paper, we model the formation of innovation networks as they emerge from bilateral decisions. In contrast to … much of the literature, here firms only consider knowledge production, and not network issues, when deciding on partners …

colleagues. We estimate the rate of knowledge diffusion inside the firm using three matched worker-firm data sets from Benin … the rate of knowledge diffusion is around 7 percent in Morocco and Senegal and much higher in Benin, but part of the …