classes across all sectors and all EU Member States, we identify different innovation profiles based on a firm's R …&D investment and/or innovation activities. We find that "basic" firms - i.e. firms that do not engage in any type of R&D or … innovation - are more common among young SMEs, while innovators - i.e. firms that do R&D and introduce new products, processes or …

through external knowledge acquisition, CVC is also identified as an open innovation approach that allows organizations to … externally through open innovation is a possible approach to go beyond the internal development of innovations. One practice of … open innovation to assimilate external knowledge is corporate venture capital (CVC), meaning minority investments in …

We study the effect of antitakeover provisions (ATPs) on innovation. To establish causality, we use a regression …, causal effect of ATPs on innovation. This positive effect is more pronounced in firms that are subject to a larger degree of … information asymmetry and operate in more competitive product markets. The evidence suggests that ATPs help nurture innovation by …

innovation effects of restrictive acquisition policy have to be weighed against the pro-competitive effects of preserving …This paper provides a theory of strategic innovation project choice by incumbents and start-ups. We apply this theory … acquisition policy reduces the variety of research approaches pursued by the firms and thereby the probability of discovering …

innovation effects of restrictive acquisition policy have to be weighed against the pro-competitive effects of preserving …This paper provides a theory of strategic innovation project choice by incumbents and start-ups. We apply this theory … acquisition policy reduces the variety of research approaches pursued by the firms and thereby the probability of discovering …