Using data from the Spanish Survey of Technological Innovation, the paper analyzes differences between services and manufacturing regarding the impact of R&D cooperation on firms' innovative productivity, depending on the geographical location of the partners. Additionally, it examines...

Contents -- To the Reader -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 A Vision of a Science of Economics -- 3 Empirical Relevance -- 4 Qualitative Response Models -- 5 A Cross-Section Analysis of an Economic Theory -- 6 Theory-Data Confrontations with Time-Series Data -- 7 Analysis of Positively...