representative evidence on the impact of the economic environment on employee opposition against the implementation of an innovation … innovation is an increase in employee performance, the firm experiences higher resistance, while resistance is lower in firms … aiming at increasing the product range by the innovation. Profit and turn over expectations of the firm and the outside …

This paper aims to shed light on firm specific drivers that lead firms to internationalise their innovation activities …’s competitive environment and the influence of innovation obstacles in the home country. In particular, the role of the potential … used to observe their impact on the decision to locate innovation activities in various countries and regions (China …

rich data set. The paper shows that innovation expenditures and investments in information and communication technologies …

Innovation Survey (CIS). The empirical results demonstrate that R&D location matters for profitability. Firms with both domestic …

analysis rests on the German data from the Europe-wide Community Innovation Survey (CIS). We use a unique data set of about 900 … domestic innovation activities the later wave reports IP infringements. In a second analysis, the likelihood of infringements … from innovation host countries and no innovation host countries abroad is examined. Before the empirical analysis, an …

prone to increase employment, while firms that want to slash costs by innovation and compete by soft factors decrease …

establishments. Finally, we do not find evidence that a youth-centred human resource strategy (always) fosters innovation. …