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 cooperation behaviour of private firms in the two...

Die Daten des Mannheimer Innovationspanels (MIP), einer großen Befragung zum Innovationsverhalten deutscher Unternehmen, stellen eine qualitativ hochwertige Basis für die Politikberatung dar. Der Beitrag zeigt auf, wie die Daten und Ergebnisse der jährlichen Erhebung konkret für die...

In this paper we analyse the effect of R&D co-operation on firms? innovation performance. We investigate the effect of past co-operation on current sales of innovative products, distinguishing between products new to the firm and new to the market, and on cost reductions due to innovative...

The Mannheim Innovation Panel (MIP), a large scale survey on innovation activities of German firms, is a high-quality database that can be used for policy analysis and policy advice. The article describes how the data from the annual surveys are used for policy advice. A first aspect is the...