The paper empirically analyses the effect of R&D activities, human resource and knowledge management, and the … organisation of knowledge sharing within a firm on the absorptive capacity of innovative firms for three different types of … knowledge, namely absorptive capacity to use knowledge from a firm?s own industry, knowledge from other industries and knowledge …

unskilled investors (who can gain knowledge). We further demonstrate that sometimes the syndication is impeded because the …

Entering host country networks of knowledge flows (new competencies, innovative technologies, and lead-market knowledge … analysis we break down the complex mechanisms behind knowledge spillovers and identify conceptual links with liability of … country knowledge. We use a broad sample of roughly 1,000 firms in Germany to empirically test the existence of liabilities of …

co-opetition) is becoming an increasingly interesting way to gain access to well guarded knowledge from abroad. However … competitors. On the other hand, the firm has to be able to absorb and utilize the knowledge and capabilities of the collaborating …

International knowledge spillovers, especially through multinational companies (MNCs), have recently been a major topic … of discussion among academics and practitioners. Most research in this field focuses on knowledge sharing activities of … MNC subsidiaries. Relatively little is known about their capabilities for protecting valuable knowledge from spilling over …

Valuable knowledge emerges increasingly outside of firm boundaries, in particular in public research institutions and … universities. The question is how firms organize their interactions with universities effectively to acquire knowledge and apply it … findings show that formal forms of interaction (joint/contract) research provide the best balance between joint knowledge …