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 …

intensity of apprentice training as measured by the employment share of apprentices. Innovation, firm age and competition … employment, innovation activities, firm age, labour costs, capital intensity, and competitive pressures all play a positive or …-ups ; training ; innovation ; firm age …

This paper compares the determinants and the effects of innovation cooperation on innovation performance at firm level …. In a third step we investigate the impact of all four categories of cooperation on innovation performance. -- national … innovation cooperation ; international innovation cooperation ; innovation performance …

The innovation value chain (IVC) divides the innovation process into three separate links or activities: knowledge … Ireland and Switzerland. Both economies are small, very open and depend significantly on innovation to maintain competitive … advantage. In recent years, however, R&D and innovation growth in Ireland has been markedly stronger than that in Switzerland …

question focusing on the innovation capability of firm founders. We find that the combination of different founder …%. -- start-ups ; innovation ; founder characteristics …

This paper investigates (a) the determinants of innovation performance and (b) the impact of innovation performance on … Community Innovation Surveys (CIS). The use of a wide spectrum of indicators helps to test the robustness of the specification … of the innovation equation as well as the robustness of the impact of innovation on economic performance. We find a clear …