literature. We discuss if lock-ins are really inescapable, especially when innovation is concerned. Also, we address the question …

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. -- knowledge management ; innovation ; matching estimator …

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 …

Innovation studies use labels such as radical or disruptive to qualify innovation according to different concepts … analysis of the most common innovation labels' definitions in 532 scientific papers, we find that novelty and impact …

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 …

is, however, different for regions at different efficiency levels. -- Efficiency ; innovation ; spillovers ; patents …

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 …