Searching for externally available knowledge has been characterised as a vital part of the innovation process. Previous … and that these moderate the relationship between innovation inputs and outputs. Based on a sample of 4,500 firms from 13 … European countries we find that search patterns in low-technology industries focus on market knowledge while they are built …

innovation: regulations, R&D subsidies and knowledge infrastructure (i.e. basic research at universities). We synthesize the … procurement and knowledge spillovers from universities propel innovation success equally. In a second step, we explore whether …Public procurement has been at the centre of recent discussions on innovation policy on both European and national …

investigate firms’ capabilities to assimilate, identify and prioritize valuable knowledge across national, cultural and social … leadership. Apart from this strategic advantage we observe that foreign external sources of innovation are generally not superior …

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 …

internationalization process. We contribute to this research stream by establishing theoretical links with the emerging open innovation … with regard to the effect of open innovation strategies on internationalization performance. Our results show that both the … breadth and depth of search strategies for external knowledge help young firms to enter international markets. Once they have …

Searching for externally available knowledge has been characterized as a vital part of the innovation process. The … availability of such innovation impulses, however, critically depends on the environment a firm is operating in. Little is known on … how institutional infrastructures for innovation differ with respect to the munificence in providing innovation impulses …

Entering host country networks of knowledge flows (new competencies, innovative technologies, and lead-market knowledge … analysis we break down the complex mechanisms behind knowledge spillovers and identify conceptual links with liability of … country knowledge. We use a broad sample of roughly 1,000 firms in Germany to empirically test the existence of liabilities of …

We investigate whether appointing a middle management level affects startups’ innovation performance. Additional … it improves the success rates from recombining existing knowledge as well as managing R&D personnel. In addition, we …