Paper presented at the Sustainable Learning Network Networks Ireland and Whales (SLNIW) 2nd annual international conference on Networking, Learning and Entrepreneurship in Waterford Institute of Technology.

1. SLNIW: 2 nd International Conference on Networks Learning and Entrepreneurship, Waterford I.T. 7 th /8 th Dec 2011 The Inter-relationship between R&D Performance and External Networking for Innovation: Evidence from the Irish C.I.S. Justin Doran & Eoin O’Leary, Department of Economics University College Cork

12. The Irish CIS – Summary Statistics Irish-Owned Foreign-Owned stat S.D stat S.D Innovation Product Innovator (1/0) 26.58 n.a. 45.4 n.a. Process innovator (1/0) 34.24 n.a. 49.23 n.a. External Networking Public interaction (1/0) 4.91 n.a. 7.77 n.a. Backwards interaction (1/0) 7.77 n.a. 16.41 n.a. Forward interaction (1/0) 6.09 n.a. 11.78 n.a. Horizontal interaction (1/0) 2.61 n.a. 4.44 n.a. Firm Specific Characteristics R&D (€ per worker) 1402 3042 2381 3821 Employment (no. workers) 63 216 172 307 Source: Irish Community Innovation Survey 2006-08

13. Effect of inter-relationship between R&D Spending and Networking on the Probability of Innovation? R&D Inter-relationship between R&D and Networking Public Backward Forward Horizontal Irish-Owned Product +0.26 +0.78 -0.88 Not Significant Not Significant Process +0.19 +1.16 -0.65 -0.94 +0.84 Foreign-Owned Product +0.20 Not Significant Not Significant Not Significant Not Significant Process +0.09 Not Significant Not Significant Not Significant Not Significant