This paper explores the capacity to produce new knowledge proxied by patents granted in 18 industries in 11 European economies. For each industry in each country, the number of granted U.S. Patent and Trademark Office patents is recorded over the 1991-2005 period. Controlling for research and...

We analyze the spatial diffusion of laser technology research in West Germany from 1960, when this technology began, until 2005. Early adoption of laser technology research was especially prevalent in large agglomerations. While we cannot detect knowledge spillovers from adjacent regions,...

The econometric literature on measuring returns on intangible capital is vast, but we still know little about the effects on productivity of different types of intellectual capital (R&D and patents) and customer capital (trademarks and advertising). The aim of this paper is to estimate the...

In this study, we demonstrate that when the popular data envelopment analysis (DEA)-based Malmquist productivity indexes are used in regression analysis, the set of linear equations involved can be treated as a system. With reference to a special structure of the knowledge production function,...

In this paper we analyze the evolution of a publicly funded interfirm R&D network in the German automotive industry between 1998 and 2007. A stochastic actor-based model allows us to estimate the role of various drivers of the evolutionary change process. We test hypotheses derived in an...

This introduction to the special issue of <italic>EINT</italic> surveys a collection of eight papers that study innovation and productivity at the firm level and the industry level for a number of European countries. This focus is supported by the view that an innovating firm can maintain a favourable position...

There is consistent evidence in the literature that an average employee's age is negatively related to firm-level innovativeness. This observation has been explained by older employees working with outdated technological knowledge and being characterized by reduced cognitive flexibility. We...

Much has been written about innovation cooperation, but little research has been done to explain the national differences thereof. Using macro and micro evidence from the fourth Community Innovation Survey, we econometrically investigate the extent to which national framework conditions account...

We examine the combined effect of exports, innovation and external knowledge on total factor productivity growth among manufacturing firms. This paper distinguishes between frequent and temporary exporters as well as between frequent and temporary innovators. Applying a dynamic approach on an...

The aim of this paper is an investigation on the role of demand upon innovation. Despite the decades-long debate on demand and innovation, theory still lacks an analytical formulation. This paper proposes a model where demand is conceived as a peculiar blend of two conditions, market size, and...