Innovation processes within corporations increasingly tap into international technology sources, yet little is known … about the relative contribution of different types of innovation channels. We investigate the effectiveness of different …&D knowledge located in the US. The positive influence on total factor productivity is larger if the research of the inventors …

This paper uses a new firm panel data set to explore the relationship between R&D and productivity in German … productivity growth. In the cross-section, the elasticity of sales with respect to R&D capital is on the order of 14 per cent …

-how. -- technology sourcing ; knowledge spillovers ; productivity ; open innovation …Innovation processes within corporations increasingly tap into international technology sources, yet little is known … about the relative contribution of different types of innovation channels. We investigate the effectiveness of different …

This report offers new insights into the drivers of inventor productivity at the individual level. It includes well … largely neglected in existing studies on inventor productivity, such as the breadth of work experience, divergent thinking … total variation of productivity explained by individual characteristics. Furthermore, we find differences in the importance …