【摘要】This paper explores the patterns of innovation and collaboration by using unique regional survey data on more than 600 Swedish firms. The data also include the smallest firms; which have been largely neglected in the existing literature on innovations. In the context of collaboration; however; small firms are of particular interest because external interactions and joint projects can be expected to play a very central role in innovation processes in firms where internal resources are very limited. The results show that the probability of innovation is higher among collaborating firms; yet not all types of collaborations matter. Extra-regional collaborations appear as most important in promoting firm innovation; and collaboration seems to be most favourable when the partners involved have some organizational or knowledge relatedness. Small firms; in particular; seem to gain from such extra-regional linkages. 

【文献来源】Bjerke L;Johansson S.Annals of regional Science.2015（1）