importance of employee training practices undertaken in firms as an important tool for human resource and knowledge management … establishment data on various aspects of training practices and innovation activities in Germany, the paper examines the degree … works councils as an instrument for a firm's total training activities that correlate with innovation, and weak support when …

The aim of this paper is to analyse the effects of knowledge management on the innovation success of firms in Germany …. Using a matching procedure on data from the German Innovation Survey of 2003 ("Mannheim Innovation Panel"), we pair firms … applying knowledge management with twin firms with similar characteristics not applying knowledge management. Our focus is on …

focus is on knowledge management practices implemented to increase collaboration between actors within a firm on innovation …In this paper we investigate factors that influence a firm's decision to implement knowledge management practices. Our … innovation strategy targeted at consumers and continuous R+D activities is positively related to KM usage. In addition, more …