R&D cooperation and spillovers: Some empirical evidence

Bruno Cassiman and Reinhilde Veugelers

No D/430, IESE Research Papers from IESE Business School

Abstract: Different aspects of external information flows have typically been lumped together under the name "spillovers". We attempt to refine our understanding of external information flows through the construction of firm-specific measures of incoming spillovers and appropriability from survey data on Belgian manufacturing firms. Incoming spillovers measure the importance of publicly available information for the innovation process of the firm. Appropriability is defined as the effectiveness of several protection mechanisms for appropriating the benefits of successful innovations. The importance of this distinction between incoming spillovers and appropriability is revealed when contrasting their effects on different types of cooperative agreements. The decision to cooperate with research institutes is mainly affected by the level of incoming spillovers, while appropriability plays an important role for cooperating with suppliers or customers.

Keywords: Research & development; cooperation; spillovers; appropriability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D21 L13 O31 O32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 31 pages
Date: 2001-01-15
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-dev, nep-ind and nep-tid
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Working Paper: R&D Cooperation and Spillovers: Some Empirical Evidence (1999)
Working Paper: R&D cooperation and spillovers: Some empirical evidence (1998)
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