This paper analyzes the role of regional characteristics on innovation persistency among firms. Using five waves of the … Community Innovation Survey in Sweden, we have traced the innovative behavior of firms over a ten-year period, i.e. between 2002 …

environment and asks how local knowledge spillovers affect firms' innovation persistence. The empirical analysis draws upon a … bands show that the strength of knowledge spillovers that contribute to innovation persistence via true state dependence …Recent empirical evidence has shown that firm’s innovation behavior exhibits high persistency but not much is known …

innovation networks in the Eindhoven region in the Netherlands. Previous research showed that these networks contribute to … regional economic development. This paper explores the mechanism through which this happens. Temporary innovation networks may …

innovation success in establishments without R&D but not in establishments with R&D. This supports the hypothesis that rivals …

Analysing the relationship between firms' openness to external knowledge and their innovation performance is nothing … focus of this paper. Using unique micro-level innovation data, it is shown, as the existing literature suggests, that firms …. However, innovative firms that exploit external knowledge do not necessarily enjoy greater innovation benefits than those that …

We estimate the determinants of various types of product innovation. Knowledge spillovers from rivals have a positive … exert no such independent influence on drastic innovation activities. The results support the hypothesis that establishments …

This paper conducts a comprehensive study of patent citations in patents granted to Belgian corporate applicants by the … patterns of citations in patents, which belong to different industrial classes. The studied citation data provides evidence of …

This paper uses qualitative response variable analysis to conduct a comprehensive study of patent citations in patents … patterns of citations in patents, which belong to different industrial classes. The studied citation data provides evidence of …