We examine the links between innovation investment, innovation output and productivity in service enterprises. For this … purpose, we use micro data from the Community Innovation Surveys 2006-2008 in Germany, Ireland, and the United Kingdom and … estimate an augmented structural model which links innovation inputs, innovation outputs and productivity. Our estimates …

This paper examines how productivity effects of human capital and innovation vary at different points of the …-technology manufacturing, average innovation performance is higher in all industries in Germany and the innovation performance distributions … investing in product innovation in the majority of industries. Frontier firms enjoy the highest returns to pro duct innovation …