German Abstract: Die Bedeutung von Dienstleistungen wächst durch die zunehmenden internationalen Verflechtungen signifikant. In diesem Zusammenhang sollen in der vorliegenden Studie wichtige Faktoren für den Export von wissensintensiven Dienstleistungen aufgezeigt werden. Da das deutsche Aus-...

We investigate the motives and activities of individual user innovators in healthcare, focusing on patients of various diseases. More specifically we investigate the role of patients in the development of new treatments, therapies or medical devices (TT&MD). Whereas producers typically benefit...

This study gives an overview about innovation management as driver of productivity in German law firms. It is the first study of this kind in the German legal industry. 21 of the 200 largest German law firms (LF) have been interviewed and surveyed about their latest innovations, their innovation...

Many aspects in the area of designing platforms for intra-organizational innovation communities are not well understood. In this article, we examine the impact of technologically induced psychological factors on knowledge exchange in such communities. Using two experimental pretest-posttest...

An increasingly popular form of open innovation in the digital age is ‘making,’ where users innovate across multiple disciplines and make products that meet their needs, using mechanical, electronic, and digital components. These users have at their disposal, a wide solution space for...