This paper asks whether there is evidence of higher innovation output from firms where there is more foreign activity … in terms of foreign direct investments (FDI), trade and collaboration on innovation, or if proximity between innovators … innovation. The most important aspect of the local milieu on innovation is skilled labour. …

outperformed by domestic multinationals in R&D and innovation engagement. Finally, the results on labor productivity are at …

generally outperformed by domestic multinationals in R&D and innovation engagement. Third, despite the fact that domestic … multinationals are considerably more involved in national innovation systems than other firms, they are not producing more innovation …

countries. We look at innovation inputs, outputs, and examine how strong foreign-owned enterprises are embedded in the … innovations systems of their host countries. We find that foreign ownership causes no differences in innovation input, but yields … a higher innovation output and higher labour productivity. In four of the five countries, affiliates of foreign …

This paper rigorously explores the impact of firm’s collaboration with universities on innovation. Specifically, using … average service firm’s innovation sales or propensity to apply for patents. …

-owned companies in R&D-activities; the relative embeddedness in various national innovation systems and the relative output … performance from R&D and innovation. A comparison is made between the innovation and productivity of foreign owned enterprises, of … Sweden, and based on the international harmonized Community Innovation Survey and uniform econometric approaches; the study …

econometric methods to extensive data on innovation and innovative activities in Swedish manufacturing. Knowledge capital, defined … as the ratio of innovation sales to total sales, is found to be a significant factor contributing to the performance …. Third, knowledge capital rises with innovation input per employee. Fourth, profitability is important for the willingness of …

The availability of new internationally-harmonized innovation survey data collected from OECD countries has created … some interesting opportunities for studying the following two key areas: (1) the determinants of innovation behavior at … firm level, and (2) innovation as an important factor contributing to the economic growth. This paper looks at the …

To investigate econometrically whether cultural diversity of a firm’s employees boosts innovation, we create a unique … linked employer-employee dataset that combines data from two innovation surveys in The Netherlands with administrative and … generally more innovative, but that diversity among a firm’s foreign workers is positively associated with innovation activity …

regional innovation systems and international knowledge flow by using trade data on openness. The study distinguishes between …