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. …

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. …

focus is on knowledge management practices implemented to increase collaboration between actors within a firm on innovation … innovation strategy targeted at consumers and continuous R&D activities is positively related to KM usage. In addition, more …

incumbents are not willing or able to exploit. Accordingly, incumbent innovation determines exploitable knowledge externalities … for spinoffs while, at the same time, spinoffs are expected to influence incumbent innovation. To overcome this problem of … by spinoffs does, indeed, have a positive impact on incumbent innovation. …

innovation. Intellectual property rights protection allows the incumbent firms to capture part of the rents of commercial … generate new knowledge. This has a positive impact on entrepreneurship and innovation. However, after some point, further …

establishment data on various aspects of training practices and innovation activities in Germany, the paper examines the degree … works councils as an instrument for a firm's total training activities that correlate with innovation, and weak support when … we consider only generalized training and innovation. Finally, no significant relation is found between training …

establishment data on various aspects of training practices and innovation activities in Germany, the paper examines the degree … works councils as an instrument for a firm's total training activities that correlate with innovation, and weak support when … we consider only generalized training and innovation. Finally, no significant relation is found between training …

This paper investigates the relevance of government purchasing behavior for innovation-based economic growth. We … incentive for private innovation activities. In contrast to the standard Schumpeterian growth framework, we account for industry … heterogeneity in terms of innovation potential. This extension allows to bring government demand policy within the realm of the …