Although the process of innovation is a crucial aspect of economic growth, there is less clarity about the measurement …

-in-differences estimates using 4226 China–U.S. patent dyads and comparable U.S. patents support our hypotheses …

collaboration and the average service firm's innovation output …

Firms' search for external knowledge is one aspect of knowledge integration in the innovation process. The literature … has investigated innovation and the breadth of search in different information channels. We introduce the concept of … search balance reflecting the heterogeneity of a firm's knowledge base. Results from German Community Innovation Survey data …

study shows that these social networks are an essential driver of knowledge integration and innovation. …

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 …

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 …

Novelty is a basic requirement of patent law. An inventor cannot obtain a patent if the invention exists in the “prior …-filed patent document qualifies as prior art as of its filing date — even though the document does not become accessible to the … invention to the public; administrative delay of public accessibility due to Patent Office procedures should not count against …

The paper presents the methodology of Innovation Biographies that has been designed to study the time-space dynamics of … knowledge and ways of knowledge combination in innovation processes. Innovation Biographies allow capturing relationships … following the process of creation with specific interviewing methods and triangulation, the biography of an innovation is …

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