industries and markets and in that entrepreneurial innovation activities. But a theory of the firm beneath the level of the … extension, a knowledge-based view of the firm, both originated in the field of Business Strategy, are seen as promising …

from one period games in which so-called innovation offsets are unlikely to occur. The present paper considers a two …-period model that includes an intertemporally growing firm-level knowledge capital. In doing so the accumulation of knowledge is …

Recent contributions to the literature of national innovation systems (NIS) reflect growing research interests in cross …-country comparisons, in particular so in performance comparisons across national innovation systems. Although such comparisons differ … to discuss the usefulness of benchmarking studies carried out within the framework of national innovation systems (NIS …

In this paper, we give an overview on recent developments in the research on national innovation systems (NIS … innovation systems, heterogeneity in the structure of the systems is only marginally taken into account, an aspect that may … ties up with early studies of national innovation systems. …

The aim of this paper is to analyze the effects of technological opportunities on the innovation activities of firms …, depending on their absorptive capacities. The importance and impacts of the ability of firms to use external knowledge sources … were inquired especially for external knowledge stemming from scientific research.... …

innovation activities of firms in the German automobile supplyindustry are investigated. …