This paper examines how firms’ R&D disclosures are associated with collaborative innovation, measured by co-patenting intensity. Compared to solo patents, co-patents are more uncertain and face a greater risk of proprietary information leakage. We find that firms with more co-patents tend to...

In recent years, universities have been expected to support entrepreneurship as part of the social ecosystem to bring economic and social development to regions and countries. Although there have been studies of the entrepreneurial behaviour of professors and literature on institutional...

I study the spillover effects of initial public offerings (IPOs) on local innovation. As the decision to go public is endogenous to local economic conditions, I compare counties in which there is a completed IPO with ones in which an IPO attempt is withdrawn from registration. To address the...

European Research & Innovation (R&I) funding programmes, in particular Horizon Europe, offer great opportunities for start-ups and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to leverage external knowledge through collaboration. There is a multitude of reasons why small businesses participate in...