Global engagement and the innovation activities of firms

摘要: Abstract Globally engaged firms (multinational enterprises or exporters) tend to have higher productivity than their purely-domestic counterparts. We examine a UK firm data set where we measures of global engagement linked innovation/knowledge outputs, knowledge investments, and sources existing knowledge. find that globally innovate more. But this is not just because use more researchers. It also they learn from intra-firm worldwide pool information (consistent with many recent theories multi-nationals) suppliers, customers universities. the relative importance varies systematically type innovation.