Innovation and Firm Performance: Econometric Explorations of Survey Data [Hardcover]

The emergence of new firm-level data, including the European Community Innovation Survey (CIS), has led to a surge of studies on innovation and firm behaviour. This book documents progress in four interrelated fields: ? investigation of the use of new indicators of innovation output ? investigation of determinants of innovative behaviour ? the role of spillovers, the public knowledge infrastructure and research and development collaboration ? The impact of innovation on firm performance Written by an international group of contributors, the studies are based on agriculture and the manufacturing and service industries in Europe and Canada and provide new insights into the driving forces behind innovation.Introduction; A.Kleinknecht & P.Mohnen PART ONE: COMPARING INNOVATION INDICATORS Towards an Innovation Intensity Index: the Case of CIS-I in Denmark and Ireland; P.Mohnen & M.Dagenais Innovations, Patents and Cash Flow; P.Geroski, J.Van Reenen & C.Walters The Mutual Relation Between Patents and R&D; H.van Ophem, E.Brouwe, A.Kleinknecht & P.Mohnen PART TWO: DETERMINANTS OF INNOVATIVE BEHAVIOUR Innovation and Farm Performance: The Case of Dutch Agriculture; P.Diederen, H.van Meijl & A.Wolters Determinants of Innovative Activity in Canadian Manufacturing Firms; J.Baldwin, P.Hanel & D.Sabourin Differences in Determinants of Product and Process Innovations: the French Case; C.Le Bas & A.Cabagnols Differences in Determinants of Product and Process Innovations: the Spanish Case; E.Martinez-Ros & J.M.Labeaga PART THREE: SPILLOVERS AND R&D COLLABORATION Innovation Without R&D? Public and Private Spillovers in the French Agro-Food Industry; V.Mangematin & N.Mandran The Effect of Spillovers and Government Subsidies on R&D, International R&D Cooperation and Profits: Evidence from France; F.Favre, S.Negassi & E.Pfister The Impact of Spillovers and Knowledge Heterogeneity on Firm Performance: Evidence from Swiss Manufactul=