firm. We argue that knowledge is heterogeneous because it refers to scientific disciplines and technologies. One must … organisation of knowledge and economic performance at the firm level. …

This paper investigates the role of external knowledge in the patenting activity of inventors that work inside firms, i ….e. industrial inventors. It does so with the aim of showing that inventors who combine the use of different sources of knowledge, i … a so-called productivity approach in which the inventors? knowledge sourcing strategies are used as explanatory factors …

firm. We argue that knowledge is heterogeneous because it refers to scientific disciplines and technologies. One must … organisation of knowledge and economic performance at the firm level. …

intellectual property rights and of offshoring costs on the rate of innovation and on the offshoring intensity. In chapter 4 I … estimate knowledge spillovers through outsourcing relationships between German firms, measured by the number of those firms …

issue, we build a model in which the value of an innovation depends both on the type of innovation implemented (product …

The development of formal ICT standards is a challenging form of collaborative innovation, combining consensus decision … panel of standards, we then confirm empirically the prediction that consortia have different effects on innovation under a … Public Good or Rent Seeking regime. Overall, we observe an increase in innovation after a firm joined a consortium. However …

This study explores the impact of governmental support policies on the innovation of SMEs in the regional strategic … SMEs in the regional industries in Korea. The innovation of SMEs is measured by technological innovation: patent, utility … the innovation of SMEs, this study reviews the literature concerning the innovation and the governmental support policies …

The prize system for innovation has been criticized as impractical due to the lack of a workable formula or algorithm … can function to duplicate Pareto optimality. Under this system, any bountiable innovation is placed in the public domain …, and the prize of innovation is dynamically amortized in an infinitely time domain as periodic bounties paid to holders of …