TY  - GEN
N2  - Internationalization of research and development (R&D) is a double-edged sword: on the one hand, it is understood as a driving force of global innovation performance; on the other hand, from a national perspective it is often perceived as a threat to domestic efforts. Against this background, we compare the contribution of domestic and international knowledge sourcing to the productivity of Swiss firms. We find a positive productivity effect of knowledge-sourcing activities in geographically close countries (in the European Union [EU]). Domestic knowledge alone or from other world regions does not yield positive productivity effects. We provide evidence that companies that source international knowledge to generate innovative products benefit disproportionately from knowledge sourcing in the EU and that both knowledge- and market-seeking motives may be relevant to this result.
AB  - Internationalization of research and development (R&D) is a double-edged sword: on the one hand, it is understood as a driving force of global innovation performance; on the other hand, from a national perspective it is often perceived as a threat to domestic efforts. Against this background, we compare the contribution of domestic and international knowledge sourcing to the productivity of Swiss firms. We find a positive productivity effect of knowledge-sourcing activities in geographically close countries (in the European Union [EU]). Domestic knowledge alone or from other world regions does not yield positive productivity effects. We provide evidence that companies that source international knowledge to generate innovative products benefit disproportionately from knowledge sourcing in the EU and that both knowledge- and market-seeking motives may be relevant to this result.
T1  - In search of markets and technology :the role of cross-border knowledge for domestic productivity.
AU  - Arvanitis, Spyros,
AU  - Seliger, Florian,
AU  - Woerter, Martin,
JF  - Industrial and Corporate Change,
VL  - Volume 32, Issue 5
LA  - eng
ID  - 49045
KW  - Intellectual property.
KW  - Research
KW  - Technological innovation.
KW  - Patents.
TI  - In search of markets and technology :the role of cross-border knowledge for domestic productivity.
LK  - https://doi.org/10.1093/icc/dtad045
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1093/icc/dtad045
ER  -