The aim of this paper is to analyze the effects of technological opportunities on the innovation activities of firms …

innovation activities of firms in the German automobile supplyindustry are investigated. …

In this paper we analyse the decision of firms in the Canadian manufacturing sectorto co-operate on innovation projects …. Our focus is on the motives behind this decisionand the firm characteristics, both general and with respect to innovation … activities,which influence the motives for innovation co-operation. Using data from theCanadian Survey of Innovation 2005 we find …

traditionally-minded managers. Such openness obviouslyentails the challenge of protecting one’s intellectual property... …

beincreased by the presence of user innovation. We derive implications forpolicy-makers and managers.... …The literature on new goods and social welfare generally assumes thatmanufacturers develop innovations. But innovation … impact of users as a source of innovation on product diversity,innovation, and welfare. We examine the impact of user …

“Production” and “transfer” of knowledge, and the role of institutions, are two major conceptual tenets of Innovation …

Does FDI affect productivity growth, innovation, and knowledge sourcing activities ofdomestic firms? This study employs …

Innovation is key to technology adoption and creation, and to explaining the vast differencesin productivity across and … survey from Sri Lanka totest this model and to examine whether and how owner characteristics matter for innovation.The survey … also allows analysis of the incidence of innovation in micro and small firms, whichhave traditionally been overlooked in …