Do Spillovers Stimulate Incremental or Drastic Product Innovations? Hypotheses and Evidence from German Establishment Data

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We estimate the determinants of various types of product innovation. Knowledge spillovers from rivals have a positive impact on incremental innovations. This impact is largely independent of the participation in R&D cooperations. Spillovers exert no such independent influence on drastic innovation activities. The results support the hypothesis that establishments face difficulties in using knowledge that comes from areas they are not familiar with. Establishments exploit spillovers for incremental innovations rather than for drastic innovations. To a limited degree R&D cooperations can help to overcome the difficulties in using spillovers for drastic innovations. Furthermore, our estimates provide evidence that a firm?s own R&D effort and the use of outside information are substitutive.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: ZEW Discussion Papers ; No. 06-023

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Management of Technological Innovation and R&D ; Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives ; Industry Studies: Manufacturing: General ; Information and Product Quality; Standardization and Compatibility
• Subject: New Products ; Patents ; Spillovers ; Learning ; R&D ; Innovation ; Wissenstransfer ; Spillover-Effekt ; Industrielle Forschung ; Forschungskooperation ; Schätzung ; Deutschland

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Jirjahn, Uwe ; Kraft, Kornelius
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)
• (where): Mannheim
• (when): 2006

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/24215
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET