potential innovation spillover may be a serious concern. Will an innovation ever source from a competitor-supplier in the … presence of innovation spillover? In this paper we attempt to answer this question with an emphasis on the ex-ante uncertain … may inform sourcing decisions in the presence of innovation spillover …

In this paper, I build a measure of technological distance between firms using the citation- based innovation network …. Consistent with the idea that firms innovate more when there is more past upstream innovation to build on, firms' R&D investments …

This research sheds light on the role of product scope on the innovation activity of multinational multi-product firms …. We use patent citation data to break down innovation into two types by measuring the degree to which innovation performed … focus on two features in multinational production: (i) fundamental innovation is geographically more difficult to transfer …