innovation, i.e. weakly controlled managers show a higher innovation propensity. However, the higher the leverage the more …

variables the motives for innovation expenditures are also taken into account. We differentiate between firms which intend to …

We estimate the determinants of various types of product innovation. Knowledge spillovers from rivals have a positive … exert no such independent influence on drastic innovation activities. The results support the hypothesis that establishments … face difficulties in using knowledge that comes from areas they are not familiar with. Establishments exploit spillovers …

systems of innovation lead to the conclusion that countries differ in the way in which knowledge flows and that innovation … 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 …

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. …

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 …

Most of the existing empirical literature on the relationship of firm value and knowledge capital is based on the stock …. It turns out that innovative firms, i.e. those with a reasonable knowledge stock, have a better credit rating and thus …

This paper discusses the incentives for innovation when liability is limited or not. Clearly innovative activity …