Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/24658 
Year of Publication: 
2007
Series/Report no.: 
ZEW Discussion Papers No. 07-073
Publisher: 
Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), Mannheim
Abstract: 
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.
Subjects: 
Innovation
Spillover
Profitability
JEL: 
O32
O31
L12
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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