&D and innovation activities. The analysis contains two parts: A review of relevant theoretical and empirical literature and … analysis. The empirical part uses data from the Mannheim Innovationpanel on innovation activities of German firms. …

"It is so widely recognized that innovation is a key driver of economic growth that it is cliche to say so. This … article studies product innovation by firms with data from 68 countries, covering more than 25,000 firms in eight … manufacturing sectors. The author assesses the predictions of inter-disciplinary research on innovation by firms. The econometric …

Local innovation refers to the dynamics of IK - the knowledge that grows within a social group, incorporating learning … of thinking and doing. Local innovation is the process through which individuals or groups discover or develop new and …