German innovation-based establishments during 2007-2011, findings demonstrate that adoption of employment practices … important conditions for R&D cooperation and innovation. I begin by providing a "beyond-R&D" definition of absorptive capacity … constituting employment practices and incentive-based compensation programs. Next, I exploit the relationship between these …

This paper discusses the determinants of product innovation in young innovative companies (YICs) by looking at in …-house R&D is linked to the propensity to introduce product innovation both in mature firms and YICs; however, innovation … incumbent firms- in-house R&D does not play a significant role. -- R&D ; product innovation ; embodied technical change ; CIS 3 …

The flow of knowledge through interaction between innovative actors is central to the systemic view of innovation. We … core competencies of the network. -- Innovator networks ; innovation system ; R&D cooperation ; mobility …

This paper concerns the regional innovation system approach. It deals with the characteristics of three regional …

This work deals with the determinants of cooperative invention and innovation within innovation systems. Several … proximity dimensions are used to identify the levels on which systemic innovation activities can be observed. To disentangle the … cooperative invention and innovation. Applying this method to German patent data shows that there are significant differences in …

knowledge spillovers, as they serve as central actors of innovation networks and stimulate network activities. Whereas the … linkages between network embeddedness and innovation activities have been largely explored, the impact on patent quality in … of respective institutions within innovation networks thereby reinforces the radicalness of inventions. However, we do …

We compare two leading regional innovation systems (RIS) in East Germany with two RIS in West Germany of about the same … easily be related to the structural properties of the respective innovation networks because divergent general economic … is not enough. -- Regional innovation systems ; national innovation systems ; innovator networks ; gatekeeper ; social …