Spillovers of Innovation Activities and Their Profitability

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Knowledge spillovers to competitors are regarded as an important aspect of the innovation process. While a company possibly benefits from incoming information on successful R&D conducted by other companies, a generally high probability of leakage of knowledge in an industry will negatively affect profitability. This paper presents the results of an empirical study on the effects of outgoing and incoming spillovers on firms? profitability. It turns out that the expected asymmetry is actually at work. In contrast to spillovers from competitors, spillovers from suppliers, customers and research institutions exert no effect.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: ZEW Discussion Papers ; No. 07-073

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Management of Technological Innovation and R&D ; Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives ; Monopoly; Monopolization Strategies
• Subject: Innovation ; Spillover ; Profitability ; Innovation ; Wissenstransfer ; Industrielle Forschung ; Unternehmen ; Rentabilität ; Deutschland

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Czarnitzki, Dirk ; Kraft, Kornelius
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)
• (where): Mannheim
• (when): 2007

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/24658
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET