or output of a knowledge production function. We suggest that the productivity of research in patent production functions … to patentable knowledge, and development happens after the initial research phase that may have led to a patent. Instead … of using data on R&D, we separate the knowledge creating process into 'R' and 'D'. This data stems from R&D surveys of …

knowledge through the U.S. Small Business Innovation Research Program. Our conceptual framework assumes the nature of an …

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

how knowledge management influences the innovation performance of a firm. While former studies mainly focused on knowledge … important for a firm to carefully select the techniques of knowledge management depending on the goals in its innovation … factors influencing the economic growth of a company. In the last decades, the awareness of knowledge as an important driver …

Knowledge spillovers to competitors are regarded as an important aspect of the innovation process. While a company … leakage of knowledge in an industry will negatively affect profitability. This paper presents the results of an empirical …

environment and asks how local knowledge spillovers affect firms' innovation persistence. The empirical analysis draws upon a … bands show that the strength of knowledge spillovers that contribute to innovation persistence via true state dependence …Recent empirical evidence has shown that firm's innovation behavior exhibits high persistency but not much is known …

This paper examines the links between internationalisation, innovation and productivity in service enterprises. For … this purpose, we use micro data from the Community Innovation Survey 2008 in Germany, Ireland and the United Kingdom, and … of innovation outputs in all three countries. Our results indicate that innovation in service enterprises is linked to …