To investigate econometrically whether cultural diversity of a firm's employees boosts innovation, we create a unique … generally more innovative, but that diversity among a firm's foreign workers is positively associated with innovation activity … linked employer-employee dataset that combines data from two innovation surveys in The Netherlands with administrative and …

The importance of knowledge spillovers for achieving innovation and economic growth is widely recognized. It is not … this controversy using a model of regional growth. The model also deals with the impact of local competition on innovation … competition is important particularly for economic growth in industry sectors (manufacturing and construction), while diversity, a …

There is substantial empirical evidence that innovation is geographically concentrated. Unlike what is generally …

This paper extends the existing literature on strategic R&D alliances by presenting a model of innovation networks with … intensity of cooperation and innovation. Within different knowledge regimes, we examine the structure of networks that emerge …

spillovers, whereas Beijing may even adversely affect the innovation of neighbors. …