In the following paragraphs we will discuss the ?mapping of innovative clusters in national innovation systems?. For … Innovation Survey (which is comparable with CIS data). The Community Innovation Survey (CIS) is an initiative of the EU … innovation systems, highlight the outline conditions for innovations in Germany, focusing above all on the basis of innovations …

product development process. HCs do not invest more into innovation, but achieve higher innovation success. The higher …

the innovation process. Markets with high competition also force enterprises to produce imitative innovations but give …

This article examines the impact of innovation on employment growth in innovating small and medium enterprises using a … quantile regression approach. The key findings are that innovation has a positive effect on employment in both growing and … shrinking firms. The impact of innovation on employee headcounts is much stronger in companies that are already experiencing …

This paper considers the U.S. Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program as a policy fostering academic …

importance of the interactions and linkages among acteurs and institutions involved in innovation and technology development of a … country and calls such a web of interaction a national innovation system. The theoretical and empirical analyses on national … systems of innovation lead to the conclusion that countries differ in the way in which knowledge flows and that innovation …

This paper deals with the innovation behavior and the R&D activities at the firm level in East Germany. The theoretical … innovation and R&D lack at the firm level. …