The aim of this paper is to analyse the effects of knowledge management on the innovation success of firms in Germany …. Using a matching procedure on data from the German Innovation Survey of 2003 (Mannheim Innovation Panel), we pair firms … management on the share of cost reductions with process innovation …

innovation activities. Portuguese and German data from the harmonised Community Innovation Survey (CIS III) allow us to compare … innovation cooperation behaviour of private firms in the two countries. Using a bivariate probit model, we show that the …

, but Chinese patenting for exploitation on the main markets for innovation(the European Union, Japan and the US) is still … marginal. - Asia's increased innovation spending is most prominently related to information and communication technologies …'s innovation potential on the basis of its current performance. Its clear innovation ambitions are likely to drive its future …