theoretical framework empirically we use a survey of more than 800 firms from both manufacturing and services sectors in Germany … these interaction strategies to innovation success which is directly based on university inputs. We find that the firms that …) perform better with regard to innovation success. When we compare both effects we find that broadening a firm's interaction …

the Third Community Innovation Survey from Germany, we focus on the role of spillovers in explaining R&D cooperation. We … two-step estimation procedure, we find a positive effect of knowledge flows on the probability of R&D co-operation in most …

We estimate the determinants of various types of product innovation. Knowledge spillovers from rivals have a positive … exert no such independent influence on drastic innovation activities. The results support the hypothesis that establishments …

innovativer Unternehmen bei. Dabei gründet sie im Wesentlichen auf Josef Alois Schumpeters ‚Theorie der wirtschaftlichen … based theory of the firm‘ (Grant 1996) sehen einen kollektiven Prozess des Lernens und Umsetzens von neuem Wissen in …