This paper investigates the role of regional financial development, in addition to FDI, for regional innovation in … China, using a more recent provincial dataset and more sophisticated panel data estimation techniques than previous studies … regional innovation (patenting) performance. This positive effect is found to be higher for minor innovations such as external …

development of these countries. This paper aims to show the differences in innovation patterns among manufacturing firms operating … into account innovation inputs, cooperation among firms in R&D activities, the benefits of cooperation with business … partners, innovation outputs and international competitiveness. The sample consisted of 358 firms operating in both low and …

Our contribution to the expanding literature on the globalization of research and innovation is to investigate the …

the primary patent covering an innovation and whether the innovating firm's licenses its innovation or raises external …The importance of intellectual property (IP) rights for commercializing innovation is well established. Moreover … innovation alone, it is not clear how obtaining IP rights will impact the choice between licensing product rights and continuing …

This paper analyzes the effect of an increase in patent scope on R&D and innovation. It presents a model where patent … duplication of R&D. The model predicts that an increase in patent scope can increase the probability of innovation if the … incumbent's profit increase from innovation is large and the patented technology has a small advantage over the alternative …

The innovation activities of foreign subsidiaries have been identified as an important source of competitive advantage … foreignness). We derive potential stumbling blocks in the innovation process theoretically and argue that these materialize as … innovation activities in Germany from various sectors. We find that foreign-controlled firms are not challenged by liability of …

known about how the direction of search strategies influences innovation performance. In this paper, we argue that firms … that being open for innovation generally pays off. However, both moderating factors have a crucial role to play: On the one … novel knowledge and to enhance innovation performance. We develop targeted management recommendations based on these results. …

Our study shows empirically that the choice of resource allocation strategy affects innovation performance. A policy of … allocating resources to a broader range of innovation projects increases sales of new products, especially if these are truly … stronger for firms that allocate resources more selectively at later stages of the innovation process. Based on these results …

In 2010 China was the world's fourth largest filer of patent applications. This followed a decade of unprecedented … increases in investment in skills and Research and Development. If current trends continue China could rank first in the very … inventors creating technologies that are near to the science base. Part of the success of China has been to attract the …