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

This paper analyzes the impact of technological diversity on innovation inputs and success using Swiss firm-level panel … applications as suggested by the literature. However, since patent applications reflect an intermediate innovation input rather …

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 …

to energy efficient technology (EET), I attempt to identify firm-level determinants of innovation and research in this … sizeable differences of the explaining factors of energy efficiency related innovation as compared to overall innovation. In … for EET related innovation, raising the question whether such innovation sufficiently responds to current and potential …

'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 …

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 …

There is growing evidence that firms increasingly adopt open innovation practices. In this paper we investigate the … impact of two such external knowledge acquisition strategies, "buy" and "cooperate", on firm's product innovation performance … while both "buy" and "cooperate" have a positive effect on innovation, there is little statistical evidence that using them …