competition also the influence of spillovers on R&D-cooperation increases. However, competition seems to induce firms to search … spillover effects may even hinder firms from cooperating in R&D when there is intensive competition on the research stage …

competition. The model is built on the assumption of a product market and has not yet been empirically tested on service …&D. Finally, as competition increases, small firms tend to seek more strategic alliances with competitors while large firms tend … capacity to handle innovation projects internally and as competition increases, so does the payoff of an edge to competitors …