Innovation is increasingly seen as a collective action which involves many different actors operating in a cluster … important tool to study innovation, but the globalisation of companies and markets and the specific requirements of innovation … and virtual cluster links improves access to essential resources in innovation. An examples taken from the automotive …

&D-cooperations. The results of a microeconometric analysis, based on firm data on innovation, let in general presume that with intensified … competition also the influence of spillovers on R&D-cooperation increases. However, competition seems to induce firms to search … spillover effects may even hinder firms from cooperating in R&D when there is intensive competition on the research stage …

costs. Research therefore repeatedly stressed the positive relationship between collaborative R&D and innovation performance … collaborative R&D projects in total R&D projects is associated with a higher probability of product innovation and with a higher … market success of new products. While we can confirm previous findings in terms of gains for innovation performance, we also …

Empirical evidence on the evolution of innovation networks within high-tech industries is still scant. We investigate …

costs. Research therefore repeatedly stressed the positive relationship between collaborative R&D and innovation performance … terms of gains for innovation performance, but also show that collaboration has decreasing and even negative returns on … product innovation if its intensity increases above a certain threshold. In particular, costs start outweighing benefits if a …

. Innovation cooperation is recognised as one of its antecedents, along with R&D, but with different possible outcomes, depending … on innovation. The empirical application, carried out on about 10,500 firms located in 3 EU countries (i.e. Germany … firm's AC providing it occurs within the national boundaries. The transformation of AC into actual innovation is favoured …

costs. Research therefore repeatedly stressed the positive relationship between collaborative R&D and innovation performance … collaborative R&D projects in total R&D projects is associated with a higher probability of product innovation and with a higher … market success of new products. While we can confirm previous findings in terms of gains for innovation performance, we also …

We estimate the determinants of various types of product innovation. Knowledge spillovers from rivals have a positive … exert no such independent influence on drastic innovation activities. The results support the hypothesis that establishments …