This paper examines the management practices of German firms with obligations under the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU …. The paper sheds light on management and trading practices, abatement behaviour, and the impact of the EU ETS on long …-term decisions, such as investment decisions or innovative capacity. The aim is to provide information on firm-internal management …

The massive economic crisis 2008/09 had substantial impacts on the innovation activities of the German economy. The … loss in sales and profits resulted in a sharp decline of innovation expenditure. While capital expenditure for new products … and improved processes were cut substantially, R&D budgets basically remained unchanged. Firms with innovation and R …

leadership and customisation. HCs are more open in their knowledge management, but without compromising control over the new … product development process. HCs do not invest more into innovation, but achieve higher innovation success. The higher … efficiency can be linked to their superior technological capabilities and to higher investment in human capital and HR management …

Firms compete increasingly in an open innovation environment. Search strategies for external knowledge become therefore … are built through internal or external R&D activities) and the munificence of its innovation environment. We test these … its breadth. Moreover, we find that scarce innovation environments favor deep search strategies while breadth is more …

project management is beneficial for product innovation, but its effectiveness depends on how firms set milestones and …This study examines whether staged project management is beneficial or harmful for making product innovations. Using a … unique firm urvey for Japan, we find that firms that employed staged project management had a higher likelihood of …