in innovation activity between regions have so far been rather unsuccessful. Using a unique data set which contains … in the efficiency of innovation activities can be found. This variation is in correspondence with a center … differences in efficiency of regional innovation systems can be explained by differences in R&D-cooperation behavior.... …

In this paper we analyse the decision of firms in the Canadian manufacturing sectorto co-operate on innovation projects …. Our focus is on the motives behind this decisionand the firm characteristics, both general and with respect to innovation … activities,which influence the motives for innovation co-operation. Using data from theCanadian Survey of Innovation 2005 we find …

In this paper we investigate the factors that lead firms to cooperate withpartners from foreign countries on innovation … activities. Portuguese and Germandata from the harmonised Community Innovation Survey (CIS III) allow us tocompare innovation …

Corporate innovation management geared to long-term success calls for strategy to grow innovations into a substantial … opening their innovation processes to external actors, particularly customers. The method of integrating lead users is …

specialized R&D institutions. This public-private partnership seems particularly useful in the early phases of innovation … phases of innovation (idea generation, evaluation and selection) to increase the innovative capability of firms in a given …

manage the innovation process as efficiently as possible.The resulting conflicting demands often leave companies struggling …