This paper analyzes co-operative behavior of innovative firms in Finland and Austria. We use data from the third wave … analysis reveals that a number of factors that determine co-operative arrangements are only significant in the one or the other … country. We conclude that co-operative behavior in the two countries is much more dependent on national factors and much …

In this paper we investigate the determinants of cooperative innovation and put our main focus on the regional or …. Applying this method to German patent data we find evidence that regional differences in the degree of cooperative innovation …

the cooperative behavior of actors and, thus, on interactive learning processes. This paper is a quantitative study on the …

, to the context of a specific and particularly attractive type of cooperative arrangement, the franchise form of … cooperative behavior. We conclude by summarizing our results and deriving fertile areas for further research. …

effects of cooperative innovation activities and analyzes furthermore how dif- ferent dimensions of regional knowledge affect … available within a region and its combination with a proxy of the amount of knowledge foster regional effects of cooperative …