R&D cooperation only considered process innovation, the model presented here also takes product innovation into account …. It is shown that the optimal R&D investment has virtually the same structure for both process and product innovation. The …

outcomes. The UK, Sweden, Canada and the US obtain the highest management scores closely followed by Germany, with a gap to …

Based on the data of the first wave of the Mannheim Innovation panel, this paper explores the link between R …

and firm-level productivity in Germany. In our preferred TFP estimates only a small fraction of this correlation is …

Among available policy levers to boost innovation, investment in applied research organisations has received little … organization in Germany. We analyse whether project interaction with Fraunhofer affects the performance and strategic orientation … system and merge it with the German contribution to the Community Innovation Survey (CIS), which contains panel information …

of the hypotheses raised in this literature. It employs the data of the first wave of the Mannheim Innovation Panel …&D we also used the concept of total innovation expenditures to capture the importance of non R& D innovation activities … which are especially important for small firms. (3) We give reliable estimates on the occurrence of R&D and innovation …