In der hier vorliegenden Expertise wird die Qualität der wichtigsten deutschen Angebote zum Wissens- und Technologietransfer (WTT) im Internet (Stand Herbst 2000) erhoben und bewertet. Auf der Basis von Experten- und Nutzerinterviews werden Anforderungen an ein wünschenswertes Internetangebot...

Die hohe Beteiligung an Innovationsaktivitäten und der weiterhin hohe wirtschaftliche Erfolg, den Innovatoren aus der Einführung neuer Produkte und Prozesse - gerade auch auf internationalen Märkten - erzielen können, zeigt, dass das deutsche Innovationssystem insgesamt wettbewerbsfähig...

Innovation is regarded as a key driver of productivity and market growth and thus has a great potential for increasing wealth. Surveying innovation activities of firms is an important contribution to a better understanding of the process of innovation and how policy may intervene to maximise the...

This study tests for financial constraints on R&D investment and how they differ from capital investment. To identify constraints in the access to external capital, we employ a credit rating index. Our models show that internal constraints, measured by mark-ups, are more decisive for R&D than...

This paper investigates how competition and firm size affect the relationship between market uncertainty and R&D investment. We use an intuitively appealing measure of firm-specific uncertainty along with panel data to show that firms invest less in current R&D as uncertainty about market...

This paper investigates the impact of in-house R&D and innovation management practices on innovation success in small and medium-sized firms (SMEs). While there is little doubt about the significance of technology competence for generating successful innovations, inhouse R&D activities may be a...

We estimate the effects of R&D on firms' credit ratings and on financial distress. The main purpose is the comparison of firms in Western Germany and Eastern Germany as a transitional economy. Innovative activity has a positive impact on firm value proxied by ratings in Western Germany, but a...

Theoretical considerations suggest that secrecy reduces spillovers almost completely through non-disclosure, while the disclosure requirement of patents generates some spillover and at the same time allows firms to appropriate knowledge. In this paper we empirically analyze whether protection by...