lack of empirical confirmation. In particular, the three-wave-scheme stands in contradiction to empirical innovation …

This paper extends the existing literature on strategic R&D alliances by presenting a model of innovation networks with … intensity of cooperation and innovation. Within different knowledge regimes, we examine the structure of networks that emerge …

In the past decades the role of profit sharing schemes (PSS) as a way to foster innovation in a principal-agent context …, and more generally of innovation in economic growth, have been widely acknowledged and studied. However, surprisingly … innovation in a pure knowledge economy: a 'patent box' incentive and a tax incentive on compensation earned by agents as PSS. A …

The relationship between innovation and firm survival is analyzed for the population of German laser source producers … from the beginning of the industry until 2005. Innovation effort is approximated by the generation of high quality patents …

Analysing the relationship between firms' openness to external knowledge and their innovation performance is nothing … focus of this paper. Using unique micro-level innovation data, it is shown, as the existing literature suggests, that firms …. However, innovative firms that exploit external knowledge do not necessarily enjoy greater innovation benefits than those that …