The paper investigates survival patterns of Brazilian franchising firms during the 1994-1999 period. First, at a more … indicated a drastic decay in survival after only a few years and contrasts with the higher survival of firms in the franchising …

firm's environmental innovation performance. However, the literature suggests that R&D collaboration is not always … of R&D collaboration partners is important for the environmental innovation performance. Firm-level data from 2 …,337 German service and manufacturing firms are used in the regression analysis. The results suggest that R&D collaboration with …

This study focuses on the impact of innovation policies and R&D collaboration in Germany and Finland. We consider … collaboration and subsidies as heterogeneous treatments, and perform an econometric matching to analyze patent activity at the firm … level. In general, we find that collaboration has positive effects. In Germany, subsidies for individual research do not …

This study focuses on the impact of innovation policies and R&D collaboration in Germany and Finland. We consider … collaboration and subsidies as heterogeneous treatments, and perform an econometric matching to analyze R&D and patent activity at … the firm level. In general, we find that collaboration has positive effects. In Germany, subsidies for individual research …

The research was motivated by the importance of inter-firm collaboration within service innovation. Inter …-firm collaboration covers a broad range of organizational combinations of various size and motivations in various levels of formal …