The issue of through what processes R&D collaboration with universities affects a firms’ innovation performance remains … under-researched. In particular, university relationships have not been fully integrated in the open innovation framework …. This study explores the relationship between firms’ collaboration with universities and their capabilities for innovation …

This paper asks whether there is evidence of higher innovation output from firms where there is more foreign activity … in terms of foreign direct investments (FDI), trade and collaboration on innovation, or if proximity between innovators … innovation. The most important aspect of the local milieu on innovation is skilled labour. …

with global, national, regional and local knowledge and innovation dynamics. In the text, we stress the importance to … understand the current changes of the global and their implications for knowledge generation and innovation. Treating knowledge … as a key resource for innovation shifts the focus from the innovation itself to the process of knowledge generation …

This paper analyzes how different innovation-strategies of incumbent firms affect the quality of their entrepreneurial … files for the period 1997-2008, three types of incumbent firms are distinguished: firms that are engaged in innovation … new firm can be linked back to the innovation strategy of the parent firm. In contrast, there is strong evidence that …

We build a model of firm-level innovation, productivity growth and reallocation featuring endogenous entry and exit. A …

of highly valued products. In so doing, we suggest an innovation policy framework based on two pillars: (i) the … economy. We argue that the latter area has been overlooked in the policy discussion and that a coherent innovation policy …

This paper analyses the persistency in innovation behaviour of firms. Using five waves of the Community Innovation … Transition Probability Matrix, we found evidence of (unconditional) state dependence in all types of innovation, with product …

automotive parts industry, is negatively related with propensity to patent innovation. Also, unlike expectations, the InnoBiz …