R&D Cooperation and Innovation Activities of Firms - Evidence for the German Manufacturing Industry -

Wolfgang Becker and Juergen Dietz ()
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Juergen Dietz: University of Augsburg, Department of Economics

No 222, Discussion Paper Series from Universitaet Augsburg, Institute for Economics

Abstract: The aim of the paper is to investigate in a simultaneous equation framework the role of R&D cooperation in the innovation process under two specific aspects. First, the analysis is concentrated on the impact of R&D cooperation - in line with other factors - on firm's innovation input and output. Second, it will be analyzed how the number of cooperation partners affects the development of new products.Starting with the discussion of theoretically expected effects of successfully R&D cooperation on the innovation activities of firms, the importance of inter-organizational arrangements in R&D is empirically investigated for firms in the German manufacturing industry. The estimation results can be summarized as follows: In the German manufacturing industry, R&D cooperations are used complementary in the innovation process, enhancing the innovation input and output of firms measured by the intensity of inhouse R&D respectively the realization of product innovations. On the input side, the intensity of inhouse R&D also stimulates the probability and the number of R&D cooperations with other firms and institutions.

Keywords: R&D cooperation; innovation behaviour; technological opportunities; manufacturing industry (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I20 L10 L60 O31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002-04
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