foreign activities. Data for eleven sectors are used to explain the impact on total factor productivity of R&D by the sector … Dutch economy. The elasticity of total factor productivity with respect to R&D is approximately 35% for R&D by the sector …

productivity and productivity in innovative (new to the market) sales. Using data on a large sample of Dutch innovating firms in … productivity growth in 1996-1998. The results confirm a major heterogeneity in the rationales and goals of R&D cooperation …. Competitor and supplier cooperation focus on incremental innovations, improving the productivity performance of firms. University …