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Does professional knowledge management improve innovation performance at the firm level?
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Wastyn, Annelies - 2009
influences the innovation performance of a firm. While former studies mainly focused on knowledge management cycles, we … management techniques and their influence on product and process innovation. The ability to source external knowledge positively … the tools of knowledge management in function of the kind of technical innovation it wants to proceed. -- Knowledge …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003893119
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Small firm innovation performance and employee involvement
Andries, Petra; Czarnitzki, Dirk - 2012
CEOs, managers and non-managerial employees’ ideas enhances small firms’ innovation performance. A Heckman selection model … innovation performance. However, contributions depend heavily on the individuals’ area of expertise and on whether product or … process innovation is desired. Our findings enrich the current view on the entrepreneurial team, but also warn against the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009509658
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Haftungsregeln und Innovation
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Kraft, Kornelius - 2000
This paper discusses the incentives for innovation when liability is limited or not. Clearly innovative activity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011444773
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Management control and innovative activity
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Kraft, Kornelius - 2000
This paper discusses theoretically the different incentives of managers versus firm owners to invest in innovative activities. There are opposing effects concerning R&D intensity in the manager-controlled firm. Our study on the determinants of R&D intensity presents empirical results concerning...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011445230
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How important is industry-specific managerial experience for innovative firm performance?
Balsmeier, Benjamin; Czarnitzki, Dirk - 2014
This study examines how industry-specific managerial experience affects firms’ innovation performance in the context of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010238366
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An empirical test of the asymmetric models on innovative activity : who invests more into R&D - the incumbent or the challenger?
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Kraft, Kornelius - 2000
The theoretical discussion concerning the question whether the incumbent or the (potential) entrant invests more into R&D has attracted considerable interest. This paper reports the results of an empirical study on this question using data of about 3500 German firms over the years 1992 to 1995....
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Mitarbeiteranreizsysteme und Innovationserfolg
Czarnitzki, Dirk (contributor); Kraft, Kornelius (contributor) - 2007
Wir diskutieren die Faktoren für eine erfolgreiche Umsetzung eines Systems des betrieblichen Vorschlagswesens und anderer Maßnahmen zur Stimulierung des Innovationserfolgs. Im Anschluss wird die Wirkung des betrieblichen Vorschlagswesens auf den Innovationserfolg empirisch überprüft. Als...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003607696
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Young innovative companies : the new high-growth firms?
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Delanote, Julie - 2012
Young Innovative Companies (YIC) gained increasing attention from governments and scholars due to their expected high innovative performance and growth. Consequently, this study investigates whether Young Innovative Companies, as defined by the EU, grow more than other firms, both in terms of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009529671
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Firm leadership and innovative performance : evidence from seven EU Countries
Kraft, Kornelius; Czarnitzki, Dirk - 2002 - This Version: March 2002
This paper considers the effect of different firm leadership on the innovative performance of firms from seven EU countries. We investigate whether owner-led or manager-led firms achieve a larger share of their turnover with product innovations. Economic theory does not propose clear answers to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011446303
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Industrial research versus development investment : the implications of financial constraints
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Hottenrott, Hanna; Thorwarth, Susanne - 2009
recipients' investment is less sensitive to internal liquidity. -- Research and development ; liquidity constraints ; innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003881344