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. …

This paper deals with theoretical as well as empirical issues in research on national innovation systems (NIS). The … concepts. Second, and based on this theoretical introduction, the empirical treatment of national innovation systems is … discussed while recent trends in the NIS literature on performance measurement of innovation systems are summarized. Third …

The aim of this paper is to analyze the effects of technological opportunities on the innovation activities of firms …, different innovation effects were empirically outlined for the German manufacturing industry for the first time. On the … innovation input side, the effects of science-related technological opportunities in combination with absorptive capacities …

employment despite of innovation from employment via innovation. In the context of new innovation economics we model an …

German automobile industry. The data set contains firms from all size classes and measures of innovation input as well as … innovation output. It can be shown that a) innovation and R&D-employment intensity will decline (increase) in buyer concentration … if supplier markets are low (high) concentrated, b) buyers' pressure on input prices reduces suppliers' innovation …

general tries to uncover the link between own- and neighbour-related regional entrepreneurial activity in innovation and …

(resilience). The fourth category is closely related to innovation, hence traditionally R & D expenditures are taken as a proxy …, last but not least, the "innovation oriented state", focussing on R & D, which has the biggest influence on economic growth … within the constraints of data availability. The results reveal that the impact of innovation oriented spending on economic …