within the context of technological innovation. We differentiate among a firm's direct ties, indirect ties and degree of …

What do we know about the relationship between innovation and productivity among firms? The workhorse model of this … innovation are derived. The recent empirical evidence on the relationship between innovation and productivity in firms is then … surveyed. The conclusion is that there are substantial positive impacts of product innovation on revenue productivity, but that …

Innovation support measures in the EU are mostly designed to support product innovation in RD intensive sectors. To … industries a broader innovation policy mix is more appropriate. This paper draws data from a survey of more than 300 SMEs from … seven regions within the European Union, as well as case studies, to address the question How can innovation policy …

knowledge. Learning for innovation is a key ingredient of catching-up processes. The analysis builds on survey data about … performance are conducive to learning for innovation. …This paper investigates the influence of human resource management on learning from internal and external sources of …

governance view of collaboration, and test these on an extensive panel dataset of innovation-active Dutch firms during 1996 … value chain integration in innovation processes. Positive interrelation also exists in vertical alliances, as immediate past …

been known for many years about the way innovation takes place and finds that many of the shortcomings of RIU in Asia were … precisely because lessons from previous research on agricultural innovation were "not put into use" in the programme … research: (i) Promoting research into use requires enabling innovation. This goes beyond fostering collaboration, and includes …

has changed the essential nature of innovation - driven by widespread access to the ability to replicate and improve … - remains the same. Hence a focus on endogenous innovation policy is as relevant today as it was 50 years ago. …

firms using data derived from the 3rd Community Innovation Survey. When firms are asked whether or not they have introduced … other institutions. If an innovative firm has no formal collaboration arrangements and the innovation has not been done … mainly by the firm, then diffusion of informal knowledge is considered to be the main driver of the innovation. The idea is …

organizational competencies. Results from a survey-research executed in the fast moving consumer goods industry suggest that firms …