context of open innovation amongst scholars, policy makers and business leaders who have recognized the pronounced role of … external knowledge flows within the innovation system. Several studies have already dealt with the impact of design on general … company performance or innovation outcome. They, however, did not specifically link design to collaborative or externally …

developments at the firm level, the topic of design innovation has not been linked to the open innovation concept yet. In this …

developments at the firm level, the topic of design innovation has not been linked to the open innovation concept yet. In this … Innovation ; Product Market Performance …

, this paper examines the occurrence of IP litigation cases in Belgian firms using the 2013 Community Innovation Survey with … supplemental information on IP litigation and patent portfolios. The rich survey information regarding firms’ general innovation … imitation and incremental innovation. Our results indicate that when controlling for firms’ IP portfolio, the composition of …

market (innovation). It turns out that spillovers from rivals lead to more imitation, while inputs from customers and … research institutions enhance original innovation. …