Foreign ownership and domestic cooperation for innovation during good and harsh economic times

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His research interests include industrial economics, economics of innovation and technological change, and cultural economics (technology driven). Ruth Rama obtained her Ph D in Economics from the Autonomous University of Barcelona in 1980. She is currently Research Professor at the Institute of Economics, Geography and Demography of the CSIC, the National Research Council of Spain. Her main areas of research are technology sourcing of domestic and foreign firms, and networks of innovators. ECO2013-41317-R. Ruth Rama also acknowledges financial support from project CSO2016-79045-C2-1-R. Both projects have been funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economics and Competitiveness.