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 …

Based on the data of the first wave of the Mannheim Innovation panel, this paper explores the link between R …&D expenditures and patents. Our data allow a detailed analysis of the firm size distribution of R&D and patent applications at … different patent offices. It is shown that the share of R&D performing firms is strictly increasing with firm size. The share of …

Among available policy levers to boost innovation, investment in applied research organisations has received little … 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 …

gleichzeitig die deutsche Teilerhebung der in allen EG-Ländern durchgeführten 'Community Innovation Survey' dar. Der Fragebogen …