distinguish between different types of entry strategies. On the one hand, we look at entry strategies based on innovation. We … measure innovation by a variable which indicates if a firm carries out continuous R&D. On the other hand, entry is classified …

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 …

During the last 20 years, R&D and innovation activities in the service sector have clearly increased. Especially …" of technological information within the economy. They are providers, purchasers or partners in the context of innovation …. A sound innovation capacity, especially knowledge, creativity, market and management skills let them become bridges for …

Firms compete increasingly in an open innovation environment. Search strategies for external knowledge become therefore … crucial for firm success. Existing research differentiates between the breadth (diversity) and depth (intensity) with which … are built through internal or external R&D activities) and the munificence of its innovation environment. We test these …

This paper analyses the role of creative industries in affecting an economy's innovation performance. We conducted a … innovative sectors in the economy. They support innovation in a variety of other sectors through creative inputs, such as ideas … for new products (i.e. innovation content), supplementary products and services (such as software) or marketing support …

or output of a knowledge production function. We suggest that the productivity of research in patent production functions … has been underestimated in the literature, as scholars typically use information about R&D, i.e. the sum of research … expenditure and development expenditure, due to data availability. However, in most industries only (applied) research will lead …

The paper analyses the theoretical and empirical relationship between employment, skill structure and innovation in … East and West German manufacturing firms. The econometric part builds on firm data from the Mannheim Innovation Panel 1993 …

employment for different types of labour in manufacturing. The empirical model allows for endogeneity of the firm?s innovation … market products is more important than any other measure of product innovation in determining the expected employment …

between technically trained founders and employees who have business skills. This suggests that the innovation potential of …

intergenerational mobility and innovation, and find robust evidence that higher mobility is associated with increased innovation. …