estimates for an extended production function framework reveal significant productivity effects of ICT in the German service …

and external knowledge. Knowledge in turn constitutes one of the main inputs to service innovation. Hence, social software … has the potential to support service innovation. Using data from 505 German Information- and Communication Technology (ICT … social software and service innovation. Since this result is robust when controlling for former innovative activities and the …

During the last 20 years, R&D and innovation activities in the service sector have clearly increased. Especially … business services are believed to be one of the main drivers of technical changes and economic progress. Looking at the labour … services. About 8 percent of total employment in West Germany is in business services. In particular, by taking advantage of …

This paper analyzes the relationship between service innovation and different types of enterprise software systems, i … to the probability of service innovation. The results stay robust if former innovation activity and general openness to … single firm. Using firm-level data of a survey among ICT service providers and knowledge-intensive service providers in …

Using panel data for German and Dutch firms from the services sector, this paper analyses the importance of ICT capital … deepening and innovation for productivity. We employ a model that takes into account that innovation and ICT use may be … technological innovations on a more permanent basis. Moreover, the joint impact of ICT use and permanent technological innovation on …

innovation and employment growth in Germany. The model is tailor-made for analysing firm-level employment effects of innovations … using specific information provided by CIS data. It establishes a theoretical link between employment growth and innovation … manufacturing and service firms regarding process innovations were found. Finally, from a cross country perspective the results for …

Extending a recently developed multi-product model and distinguishing between different product and process innovation … activities, this paper reports new results on the relationship between innovation and employment growth in manufacturing and … service firms in Germany. The model is tailor-made for analysing firm-level employment effects of innovations using specific …

The innovation activities of foreign subsidiaries have been identified as an important source of competitive advantage … foreignness). We derive potential stumbling blocks in the innovation process theoretically and argue that these materialize as … innovation activities in Germany from various sectors. We find that foreign-controlled firms are not challenged by liability of …

known about how the direction of search strategies influences innovation performance. In this paper, we argue that firms … that being open for innovation generally pays off. However, both moderating factors have a crucial role to play: On the one … novel knowledge and to enhance innovation performance. We develop targeted management recommendations based on these results. …

Our study shows empirically that the choice of resource allocation strategy affects innovation performance. A policy of … allocating resources to a broader range of innovation projects increases sales of new products, especially if these are truly … stronger for firms that allocate resources more selectively at later stages of the innovation process. Based on these results …