In this paper we analyse the effect of R&D co-operation on firms’ innovation performance. We investigate the effect of …-operation partners. The analysis rests on firm-level data from two consecutive waves of the annual German innovation survey. We find that …

In this paper we analyse the decision of firms in the Canadian manufacturing sector to co-operate on innovation … innovation activities, which influence the motives for innovation co-operation. Using data from the Canadian Survey of Innovation …

from research institutions. Using data from the German innovation survey we investigate how firms are able to exploit … knowledge from external partners for successful innovation activities. The estimation results show that the determinants of … absorptive capacity differ with respect to the type of knowledge absorbed for innovation activities. In particular we find that …

the innovation process. Markets with high competition also force enterprises to produce imitative innovations but give …

, using firm level data from the Flemish and German part of the Community Innovation survey (CIS III and IV). Both the non …

This article examines the impact of innovation on employment growth in innovating small and medium enterprises using a … quantile regression approach. The key findings are that innovation has a positive effect on employment in both growing and … shrinking firms. The impact of innovation on employee headcounts is much stronger in companies that are already experiencing …