Innovation and Firm Performance

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 Manufacturing; S.Arvanitis & H.Hollenstein Why do Firms Not Collaborate? The Role of Competencies and Technological Regimes; A;Leiponen PART FOUR: INNOVATION AND EXPORT PERFORMANCE Innovative Capabilities and Export Performance: A Study of Canadian Manufacturing SMEs; E.Lefebvre & L-A.Lefebvre R&D and Export Performance: Taking Account of Simultaneity; A.Kleinknecht & R.Oostendorp