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

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 …

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 …

intellectual property rights and of offshoring costs on the rate of innovation and on the offshoring intensity. In chapter 4 I …

regional innovation systems and international knowledge flow by using trade data on openness. The study distinguishes between … launching new products on the export market, and overall technical changes captured by total factor productivity growth. We …

knowledge spillovers are unmeasurable, a 'goodness of fit' measure is constructed using innovation survey data. It turns out … measures constructed from innovation survey data appear to work reasonably well while measures of the Euclidean technological …

firms' innovations on firms' productivity growth. Using the firm level data on innovation activity combined with firms …&D spillovers on firms' innovation activity within an integrated dynamic model. In the second step, we then estimate the impact of …&D subsidies, foreign ownership and intra-sector innovation spillovers do enhance firm's ability to innovate. Second, innovations …