New economic geography in a wide range of industrial theories explains why certain activities agglomerate in a certain region through the benefits of innovation activities. However, positive external economies of innovation have been less investigated in empirical studies. This study...

Through empirical investigations into university spin-ofs (USOs), we discovered innovativeness benefts derived from maintaining both academia and business partners at a distance. Distance should not be misconstrued as isolation; rather, it emphasises specifc attributes where partners are...

We investigate the effects of different channels of industry-science collaboration on new product sales at the firm-level and whether government subsidies for collaboration make a difference. We distinguish four collaboration channels: joint R&D, consulting/contract research, IP licensing, human...

Audit practice is a team effort led by signing auditors. We examine the impact of the heterogeneity of signing auditors' audit-firm serving experiences on the disclosure of key audit matters (KAMs). Auditors with more heterogeneous serving experiences demonstrate more adequate KAM disclosure, as...