learning, innovation and the productivity of firms. More recently, a network approach to learning and innovation emerged, which …—albeit not exclusively—with a view to learning, knowledge development and innovation. A first argument is that spatial clustering … has quite different effects for the development of knowledge, learning and innovation in and by firms, as compared with …

organizational point of view, and as a production, industrial and innovation unit of analysis. Theoretical correlations between … providers to promote technological innovation. On the other hand, these drivers are contrasted by the industrial relations of …

innovation. Second, can any regional level explanatory variables be found to explain the different levels of regional innovation …? We find evidence that geographic patterns of innovation exist amongst KIBS firms in Quebec, although they are not those … expected if there were a connection between local territory and innovation. We find that innovation first decreases with …

In today's global electronics industry, innovation is carried out by various value chain participants, including brand … who benefits most from innovation in such networks. This research examines empirically the relationship of R&D spending …

existence of complementarities in the use of external networking between stages of the innovation process in a sample of UK and … combination of innovation activities in which to implement external networking. Broadly, there is more evidence of …

This work prepared for B. Hall and N. Rosenberg (eds.) Handbook of Innovation, Elsevier (2010), lays out the basic … the firm in industries where technological and organizational innovation is important. Indeed a large literature has grown … innovation and diffusion affect growth and survival probabilities of heterogeneous firms, and, relatedly, the determinants of …

efficient strategy? An empirical analysis on four French data sets that focus on appropriation, the practices of innovation, and … with improved innovation performance. This research helps broaden the literature on knowledge management practices to … include not only the pursuit of formal intellectual property rights such as patents but less formal inter …

Innovation has long been considered an important factor for creating and maintaining the competitiveness of nations and … firms. Common knowledge stands that innovation is the cause of the increase of exports. However, contradicting empirical … evidences are reported in the literature on the causality between innovation and export. In this paper we examine whether …