The purpose of this article is three-fold: first, it tests whether inter-industry R&D spillovers are positively associated with the likelihood of experiencing high growth episodes among R&D intensive firms in Europe, US and Japan; second, it tests whether such a relationship is conditional on their level of absorptive capacity (ACAP); third, it tests whether the acquisition of foreign patents please replace brackets with commas may trigger high growth episodes among a sub-set of R&D intensive firms. For the empirical analysis, we focus on R&D intensive manufacturing firms observed between 2002 and 2017, located in Europe, US and Japan. The empirical findings support the hypotheses suggesting that: a) inter-industry R&D spillovers are associated with the likelihood of experiencing high growth episodes; b) ACAP conditions the relationship between inter-industry R&D spillovers and the likelihood of experiencing high growth episodes and c) shares of foreign patents are positively associated with the likelihood of experiencing high growth episodes among high-tech R&D intensive firms.

JEL codes: C41, L25, O33.

本文的目的有三个：首先，它测试了跨行业的研发溢出是否与欧洲、美国和日本的研发密集型公司经历高增长的可能性呈正相关；其次，它测试这种关系是否取决于它们的吸收能力水平（ACAP）；第三，它测试了外国专利的收购是否会在研发密集型企业的子集中引发高增长事件。对于实证分析，我们关注 2002 年至 2017 年间观察到的位于欧洲、美国和日本的研发密集型制造企业。实证结果支持以下假设：a) 跨行业的研发溢出与经历高增长事件的可能性相关；

JEL 代码： C41、L25、O33。