certification of environmental management systems has a significantly positive effect on environmental product innovations. Waste …

-of-pipe technologies, while cost savings, general management systems, and specific environmental management tools tend to favor clean … and wider diffusion of these management tools. Improvements may also be stimulated by widening the cost gap between the …

innovation is a crucial productivity driver, a potential crowding out of inventive efforts could increase the cost of mitigating …. However, we do not find negative effects on the number of ongoing R&D projects, investments in innovation-related fixed assets … or on the outcome of innovation projects. Likewise, for firms with subsidy-backed environmental innovations no crowding …

Our study shows empirically that the choice of resource allocation strategy affects innovation performance. A policy of … allocating resources to a broader range of innovation projects increases sales of new products, especially if these are truly … stronger for firms that allocate resources more selectively at later stages of the innovation process. Based on these results …

novel knowledge and to enhance innovation performance. We develop targeted management recommendations based on these results. … known about how the direction of search strategies influences innovation performance. In this paper, we argue that firms … that being open for innovation generally pays off. However, both moderating factors have a crucial role to play: On the one …

This paper investigates the impact of in-house R&D and innovation management practices on innovation success in small … innovation management tools in order to achieve innovation success. We analyse whether such a strategy can pay off. Based on data … innovation success if they effectively apply human resource management tools or team work to facilitate innovation processes. …

Competitors can be valuable sources and partners for innovation activities. Against the background of international …

The paper empirically analyses the effect of R&D activities, human resource and knowledge management, and the … from research institutions. Using data from the German innovation survey we investigate how firms are able to exploit … knowledge from external partners for successful innovation activities. The estimation results show that the determinants of …

The innovation activities of foreign subsidiaries have been identified as an important source of competitive advantage … foreignness). We derive potential stumbling blocks in the innovation process theoretically and argue that these materialize as … innovation activities in Germany from various sectors. We find that foreign-controlled firms are not challenged by liability of …