Diversity of science linkages and innovation performance: some empirical evidence from Flemish firms
This paper examines the diversity of the types of links of firms to science and their effect on innovation performance for a sample of Belgian firms. While at the industry level links to science are highly related to the R&D intensity of the sector, we show that there exists considerable heterogeneity in the type of links to science at the firm level. Overall, firms with a science link enjoy superior innovation performance, in particular with respect to innovations that are new to the market. At the invention level, our findings confirm that patents from firms engaged in science are more f... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | doc-type:workingPaper |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2009 |
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Kiel: Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW)
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Schlagwörter: | ddc:330 / O32 / O34 / L13 / Innovation / cooperation / patents / forward citation / science / industrial innovation / Forschungskooperation / Unternehmensentwicklung / Industrielle Forschung / Erfindung / Patent / Belgien |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26543591 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/27728 |