This paper investigates the relationship between technology specialization and innovation performance of firms … innovative products. Following the "technology trajectory (path)" increases the probability of an above average innovation … detect a significant positive relationship between the combined effect (transfer and specialization) and the innovation …

universities and tested them on Swiss firm data. In a second step, we investigated the impact on innovation performance of …-oriented firms. We further found a positive effect on innovation performance for exploration-oriented firms but not for those that … were exploration-oriented. -- knowledge exploration ; knowledge exploitation ; innovation …

in research fields which are relevant for their own innovation activities, collect practical experience for students and …

with universities in order to avoid knowledge lock-in. -- Innovation ; Knowledge and Technology Transfer ; Technology …

related (a) to the absorptive capacity of a firm and (b) to the degree of appropriability of the returns of innovation … innovation performance of a firm. In fact, KTT strategies related to the core R&D activities of a firm showed a greater impact …. -- R&D strategies ; knowledge and technology transfer ; innovation activities ; R&D activities …