The purpose of this paper is to test the possible catalysing role of in-house R&D in fostering the complementarity of innovative inputs on a sample of 3045 manufacturing firms drawn from the third Italian Community Innovation Survey (1998-2000). The interactions between four different sources of...

The aim of this study is to test the possible catalysing role of in-house R&D in fostering the complementarity of innovative inputs on a sample of 3045 manufacturing firms drawn from the third Italian Community Innovation Survey (1998-2000). The interactions between four different sources of...

The paper aims to assess discrete complementarities in innovation policies in the context of Brazilian industry in 2003. We focus on complementarity and substitutability tests for obstacles to innovation (in the present application, lack of: finance sources, skilled personnel, cooperation...