Innovation activities in high technology industries provide considerable challenges for technology and innovation … innovation-related firm characteristics. The paper confirms a substitutive relationship between acquisitions and own research … geographical origin of the firm matter for acquisition behaviour. -- Acquisition ; innovation ; high technology ; quantitative …

goal of this study is to investigate whether there are any differences in R&D and innovation behavior between established … engage in R&D and innovation activities more frequently than companies whose genesis was of another type. Nevertheless, the … cooperating in various fields may be of different importance for specific inputs and outputs of the innovation activity. Finally …

Developed-country multinationals (DMNEs) have increasingly engaged in the practice of offshoring innovation to emerging … innovation activities aimed at augmenting (versus exploiting) home-base-knowledge to emerging countries. Concerning formal … innovation activities aimed at augmenting home-base-knowledge. Regarding informal institutions, we argue that the greater the …

imitate instead of concurrently investing in innovation, which alleviates competitive pressure. In contrast with the classical …

goal of this study is to investigate whether there are any differences in R&D and innovation behavior between established … engage in R&D and innovation activities more frequently than companies whose genesis was of another type. Nevertheless, the … cooperating in various fields may be of different importance for specific inputs and outputs of the innovation activity. Finally …