This study addresses an important neglected question: To what extent do geographic clusters promote outward foreign … direct investment (ODI)? We find evidence that clusters do promote ODI and so support Porter's argument that advantages … gained in clusters can be the foundations of successful internationalisation. Digging deeper, we find that certain cluster …

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 …