between businesses that fuel innovation and growth. Whereas Chandler's and Williamson's theories involve the visible hand of … structural elements, scale and hierarchy both suppress innovation. Thus, neither Williamson's nor Chandler's theories hold in our …

Innovation success depends heavily on firm's ability to set priorities and select the most promising options from its … project portfolio before the odds of success or failure become visible and reliable. We ask: What does previous innovation … hand, research on absorptive capacities finds that previous innovation experience translates into superior ability to value …

This paper extends the existing literature on strategic R&D alliances by presenting a model of innovation networks with … intensity of cooperation and innovation. Within different knowledge regimes, we examine the structure of networks that emerge …

In this paper we examine the relationship between innovation and firm growth. We implement a classification of … 1997 to 2012. The data allows us to construct each firm's innovation history. Panel regression estimations, together with … innovation on firms' employment growth. More radical explorative innovations are shown to have a more persistent growth effect …

In this work, we explore the relations between sales growth and a set of innovation indicators that capture the … different sources, modes and results of the innovative activity undertaken within firms. We exploit a rich panel on innovation …-2011. Standard GMM-panel estimates of the average effect of innovation activities reveal significant and positive effect for internal …

Until the twenty one century, innovation and ideas have been a valuable asset to accelerate the process of … technological catch-up, sustain productivity growth and competitiveness. To determine where innovation is standing up, countries and … organizations need to adapt innovation capacity to overcome their economies' defeats for the purpose of boosting the growth and …

When commentators discuss innovation’s externalities, they often classify them into one of two categories. On the … positive externalities, or “spillovers” side, legal and economics scholars often speak of the benefits innovation confers on … other innovators. Future innovators profit from past innovation as they “stand on the shoulders of giants” to develop …