problems in the innovation process, and highlight the positive role played by international trade in the technology transfer …

contributes to innovation in source countries. We use changes in the labour mobility legislation within Europe as exogenous …

contributes to innovation in source countries. We use changes in the labour mobility legislation within Europe as exogenous …

'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 …