The paper aims to operationalize the concept of absorptive capacity (ACAP) into empirical indicators useful for the development of innovation policy at the level of countries and sectors. Applications are presented for 24 European countries and 24 UK sectors. The work centres around the...

This paper analyses the impact of internationalization on the innovation performance of 42 countries. Innovation performance – the dependent variable – is measured by the number of triad patents and PCT applications that originate from a country. The following internationalization variables...