Using a balanced panel of 215 Italian manufacturing firms over the 1995-2000 period, this paper investigates the determinants of Ramp;D investment at the level of the firm. While finding further support for the well-established technology-push and demand-pull hypotheses, this study also tests...

This paper discusses the determinants of three alternative measures of innovative output by looking at firm's own formal Ramp;D activities and at the acquisition of external technology (TA) in its embodied and disembodied components. These input-output relationships are also discussed by...

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This article treats the selectivity issue in the analysis of cooperative R&D and also presents some new results, e.g. that a firm's organization, vertical relationships and innovation strategy are important drivers of a decision to engage in R&D both independently and with external partners.