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Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments 1998 erstellt
Beschreibung:
This paper examines empirically the theoretical relationship between spillover effects, in the sense of unintended knowledge transfer, and cooperations in research and development (R&D). According to the results of a logistic regression analysis which has been based on micro-level data, firms tend to form R&D-cooperations to internalise spillover effects. While there is some evidence that this incentive increases with firm-size the results stress the importance of industry characteristics. Taking into account the pressure from existing or potential competition ambiguous effects of spillovers on R&D-cooperations may be expected. Furthermore, the influence of factors which are independent from spillover effects and a comparison of different types of R&D-cooperations point at the relevance of further motivations to co-ordinate R&D-activities in general