, particularly of university scientists, is positively related to innovation; (vi) there are many university spin-offs but these are …

In this paper we demonstrate the complexity that regulates the innovation-exports nexus. In particular we argue that … innovation and exports should be treated as latent variables in order to account for as many facets possible thus, accounting for … multifaceted heterogeneity. In this context, the role of innovation openness ought to be highlighted within a unified framework, as …

universities and tested them on Swiss firm data. In a second step, we investigated the impact on innovation performance of …-oriented firms. We further found a positive effect on innovation performance for exploration-oriented firms but not for those that … were exploration-oriented. -- knowledge exploration ; knowledge exploitation ; innovation …

'relevant' firms. Our empirical results indeed show that the measure performs better than the standard measure in an innovation … and significant impact on innovation success. However, the knowledge spillovers appear to be localized: Spillovers from … particularly Switzerland itself. Moreover, the spillover effect on innovation performance decreases with increasing number of …

the social value of new technologies depends on how novel knowledge fuels practical solutions, we take an innovation … production of knowledge, (ii) technological innovation, and (iii) policy discussion. Taking as counterfactual scientific advances …

cooperation. We mainly hypothesize that university cooperation corresponds to product innovation and hence quality competition … receptive for horizontal cooperation. In sum these findings advance our understanding of the relationship between innovation and … competition policy. -- innovation cooperation ; university cooperation ; horizontal cooperation ; number of competitors ; price …