Universities are widely recognized as a critical source of technological innovation and are heralded for the … knowledge generated within academic laboratories. Such firms—and the societal and economic benefits they create—are an important …

promoting innovation. We consider that these knowledge externalities depend on firms’ internal efforts and strategies, since … easily incorporate existing knowledge in the park and improve their product innovation. Secondly, results also seem to … indicate that product innovation is higher when firms with internal R&D efforts can share knowledge on a reciprocal basis with …

Today’s society is often claimed to be the “knowledge society”. Knowledge transfer plays a pivotal role in the whole … economic system, influencing innovation management in its very core. This study deals with one of the barriers that might … hamper knowledge transfer: The Not-Invented-Here Syndrome (NIH). Until now, this phenomenon was mainly analyzed in an …

This paper examines innovation among very small firms and provides new insights into both internal and external … for the period 2000–2006, the following facts emerge: (i) in contrast to larger firms, innovation in micro firms with 1 … innovation among micro firms compared to other firms, (iii) affiliation to a domestically owned multinational enterprise group …

This study analyzes the impact of local linkages, international linkages, and absorptive capacity on firm innovation … international linkages have a positive impact on innovation. Further analysis confirms that absorptive capacity has a stronger … moderating effect on the relationship between local linkages and innovation than it does on the relationship between …

This paper investigates the technological orientation of firms and universities and their propensity to have knowledge … the second case firms engage in transfer activities in order to update and modify their knowledge base and as a … with universities in order to avoid knowledge lock-in. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012 …

affects inventive activity (including innovation and patenting) while analyzing the views and predictions that have used …, professional and institutional attributes, the findings show that NE increases both patenting and innovation. Implications for …