Companies face an expanding set of choices about where to locate their innovation activity, both within their home … of innovation activity: almost by definition, multiple locations per firm imply some degree of decentralization. Using … firm-level data on innovation output and the location of research and development (R&D) activity, we shed new light on the …

Innovation research has traditionally focused on manufacturing sectors, despite the growing role of service industries … learning and innovation. Data were analyzed using exploratory factor analysis combined with regression analysis, controlling …