The sensitivity of innovation activities with respect to the business cycle is often assumed to be small. In this paper … the hypothesis on cyclical dependence of innovation activities is tested for firms in the German manufacturing, and … additionally for SMEs. To this end firms' innovation decisions are considered. The decision to innovate in one period is modelled …

This paper analyses the relationship between past innovation output, competition, and future innovation input in a … results for both countries. Innovation output in t-1 as measured by the sales share of innovative products is positively …

how knowledge management influences the innovation performance of a firm. While former studies mainly focused on knowledge … techniques on product and process innovation. More specifically, if a firm wants to reduce costs, it is more valuable to invest … important for a firm to carefully select the techniques of knowledge management depending on the goals in its innovation …

distributed globally. Firms' innovation activities which are carried out abroad comprise either the localization of uniform … paper is to show how internal firm capabilities as well as external forces from the firm’s business and national innovation … environment impact on the firm's decision to carry out different innovation activities abroad. The analysis is based on around …

Knowledge spillovers to competitors are regarded as an important aspect of the innovation process. While a company …

and measurement approaches used in the Community Innovation Surveys. While controlling for firm size, age and sector, we …