externalities in explaining variation in innovation rates across firms. More specifically, we combine micro-data and census data to … estimate the probability that a firm will introduce a goods, service or process innovation. We consider internal firm … agglomeration variables are only significant for a few specific sectors, and even then only for some types of innovation. …

facilities that include external sources of information into the innovation process. This trend towards an open innovation … in external R&D allow fast adaptations within the innovation process in case of changing market trends or radical … innovations. Furthermore, opening up the innovation process simplifies an integration of required know-how from another industry …

efficiency. However, once we include technology transfer as an additional output, the coefficient of private funding is …

environmentally-related taxes and tradable permits is likely to lead to greater technological innovation than more direct forms of … aspects of product and labour market regulation which have implications for technological innovation, such as product and …

Umsatzes mit neuen Produkten gemacht. Der Technologietransfer von den öffentlichen Forschungseinrichtungen wird dabei … dem Stichwort regionale High-Tech-Agglomerationen diskutiert wird, nicht auf den Technologietransfer aus. …