, particularly of university scientists, is positively related to innovation; (vi) there are many university spin-offs but these are …

innovation and performance. In this paper is presented an empirical study in this direction, based on data for 743 hospitals from … and estimated econometrically five equations: one for product innovation, one for process innovation and three equations … 'soft' ICT investment), as right-hand variables, while the performance equations also included the two innovation measures …

impact of outsourcing on firms' innovation performance as well as labour productivity. The integral investigation of the … determining factors as well as the impact of outsourcing on innovation and productivity based on the same data in a comparative … Information and Communication Technology (ICT) services. -- outsourcing ; product innovation ; process innovation ; average labour …

Human resource management (HRM) practices are generally expected to stimulate a firm's innovation performance. However …'s innovation activities and different types of HRM practices we find that primarily new workplace organization practices seem to … enhance a firm's innovation activities. Flexible practices of working time management and incentive payment schemes show only …

In this paper we demonstrate the complexity that regulates the innovation-exports nexus. In particular we argue that … innovation and exports should be treated as latent variables in order to account for as many facets possible thus, accounting for … multifaceted heterogeneity. In this context, the role of innovation openness ought to be highlighted within a unified framework, as …

This paper compares the determinants and the effects of innovation cooperation on innovation performance at firm level …. In a third step we investigate the impact of all four categories of cooperation on innovation performance. -- national … innovation cooperation ; international innovation cooperation ; innovation performance …

universities and tested them on Swiss firm data. In a second step, we investigated the impact on innovation performance of …-oriented firms. We further found a positive effect on innovation performance for exploration-oriented firms but not for those that … were exploration-oriented. -- knowledge exploration ; knowledge exploitation ; innovation …

'relevant' firms. Our empirical results indeed show that the measure performs better than the standard measure in an innovation … and significant impact on innovation success. However, the knowledge spillovers appear to be localized: Spillovers from … particularly Switzerland itself. Moreover, the spillover effect on innovation performance decreases with increasing number of …

cooperation. We mainly hypothesize that university cooperation corresponds to product innovation and hence quality competition … receptive for horizontal cooperation. In sum these findings advance our understanding of the relationship between innovation and … competition policy. -- innovation cooperation ; university cooperation ; horizontal cooperation ; number of competitors ; price …