Innovation processes within corporations increasingly tap into international technology sources, yet little is known … types of international technology sourcing activities using survey information on German companies complemented with … German firms to better tap into US R&D, but cooperation with customers and competitors does not appear to aid technology …

sample of firms in Vietnam, Senegal, and the Brazilian state of Ceara. The analysis finds a large variance in technology … sophistication across the business functions of a firm. The within-firm variance in technology sophistication is greater than the … countries. The paper documents a stable cross-firm relationship between technology at the business function and firm levels …