This paper investigates the impact of Public Procurement of Innovation (PPI) and Research and Development (R&D) grants …’ awareness against a blanket increase in innovation policies without considering potential interactions. …

We study the implications of services trade for firm innovation. Using a quasi-experimental shift-share design, we find …’ innovation efficiency by mitigating decreasing economies of scale in in-house innovation efforts. As a result, firms become more … likely to outsource innovation efforts as they become more innovative, whereas the prevalence of offshoring depends on its …