The literature has pointed to different causes to explain the productivity gap between Europe and United States in the … last decades. This paper tests the hypothesis that the lower European productivity performance in comparison with the US …&D investment into productivity gains. The proposed microeconometric estimates are based on a unique longitudinal database covering …

alleviates liquidity constraints for research. Horizontal collaboration reduces liquidity constraints for both research as well …

Valuable knowledge emerges increasingly outside of firm boundaries, in particular in public research institutions and … findings show that formal forms of interaction (joint/contract) research provide the best balance between joint knowledge …

Valuable knowledge emerges increasingly outside of firm boundaries, in particular in public research institutions and … of interaction. Our findings show that formal forms of interaction (joint/contract) research provide the best balance …

or output of a knowledge production function. We suggest that the productivity of research in patent production functions … has been underestimated in the literature, as scholars typically use information about R&D, i.e. the sum of research … expenditure and development expenditure, due to data availability. However, in most industries only (applied) research will lead …

, but there remains a clear productivity gap between East and West German cooperating firms. Furthermore, in East Germany …

This paper examines the relationship between foreign ownership and productivity, paying particular attention to two … productivity than foreign multinationals, but the difference is less stark in the service sector than in the production sector, and …

for first order stochastic dominance it is shown that, in line with this hypothesis, the productivity distribution of … guide empirical work on the relation between exports, R&D and productivity. …