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dc.contributor.authorHarhoff, Dietmaren
dc.contributor.authorMueller, Elisabethen
dc.contributor.authorVan Reenen, Johnen
dc.date.accessioned2012-05-24-
dc.date.accessioned2012-05-25T10:15:22Z-
dc.date.available2012-05-25T10:15:22Z-
dc.date.issued2012-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/58188-
dc.description.abstractInnovation processes within corporations increasingly tap into international technology sources, yet little is known about the relative contribution of different types of innovation channels. We investigate the effectiveness of different types of international technology sourcing activities using survey information on German companies complemented with information from the European Patent Office. German firms with inventors based in the US disproportionately benefit from R&D knowledge located in the US. The positive influence on total factor productivity is larger if the research of the inventors results in co-applications of patents with US companies. Moreover, research cooperation with American suppliers also enables German firms to better tap into US R&D, but cooperation with customers and competitors does not appear to aid technology sourcing. The results suggest that the brain drain to the US can have upsides for corporations tapping into American know-how.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aFrankfurt School of Finance & Management |cFrankfurt a. M.en
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aFrankfurt School - Working Paper Series |x187en
dc.subject.jelO32en
dc.subject.jelO33en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordtechnology sourcingen
dc.subject.keywordknowledge spilloversen
dc.subject.keywordproductivityen
dc.subject.keywordopen innovationen
dc.titleWhat are the channels for technology sourcing? Panel data evidence from German companies-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn71611335Xen
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:zbw:fsfmwp:187en

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