The creation of spinoff companies is often promoted as a desirable mechanism for transferring knowledge and …

The creation of spinoff companies is often promoted as a desirable mechanism for transferring knowledge and …

In this paper we analyse the relationship between export and innovation activities of German service sector companies … using data from the 1997 wave of the Mannheim Innovation Panel in the Service Sector. There is a lot of support for the … Schumpeterian hypothesis of export activities being mainly driven by innovation activities. Factor endowment theories are only …

as reduced remuneration and job loss. However, managers might over-invest into innovation for reasons of growth implying … their own interests. When entrenched, managers do not fear detrimental effects of risky innovation projects on their career …, and hence tend to over-invest into innovation. …

This study examines how industry-specific managerial experience affects firms' innovation performance in the context of … providing knowledge about how to cope with institutional shortfalls potentially hampering the commercial success of new products. …

market (innovation). It turns out that spillovers from rivals lead to more imitation, while inputs from customers and … research institutions enhance original innovation. …

innovation, i.e. weakly controlled managers show a higher innovation propensity. However, the higher the leverage the more …

This paper considers the U.S. Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program as a policy fostering academic …