Based on a sample of German innovating firms that contains information on formal and informal innovation cooperation … cooperations are the innovation dynamics at the industry level. Firms who operate an R&D department and firms who are involved in …

This paper investigates the impact of in-house R&D and innovation management practices on innovation success in small … innovation management tools in order to achieve innovation success. We analyse whether such a strategy can pay off. Based on data … from the German CIS we find that R&D activities are a main driver for innovation success if combined with external R …

Nanomaterials are seen as a key technology for the 21st Century, and much is expected of them in terms of innovation … products. In this context, it seems all the more important for regions to put their own innovation systems in place, and to … conditions and configurations allow a regional innovation system to be competitive in a cutting-edge technology like …

innovation activities in Germany from various sectors. We find that foreign-controlled firms are not challenged by liability of …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 …

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 …

innovation activities. Portuguese and German data from the harmonised Community Innovation Survey (CIS III) allow us to compare … innovation cooperation behaviour of private firms in the two countries. Using a bivariate probit model, we show that the … decision to cooperate with foreign partners. Some differences remain, however: In Germany, exporters are more likely to …

examines the development and the impact of publicly funded R&D consortia in Germany. The paper describes the history of R …&D funding in Germany with a focus on the development of measures encouraging collaborative R&D activities among firms and public …

This study focuses on the impact of innovation policies and R&D collaboration in Germany and Finland. We consider … level. In general, we find that collaboration has positive effects. In Germany, subsidies for individual research do not … collaboration and subsidies as heterogeneous treatments, and perform an econometric matching to analyze patent activity at the firm …

This study focuses on the impact of innovation policies and R&D collaboration in Germany and Finland. We consider … the firm level. In general, we find that collaboration has positive effects. In Germany, subsidies for individual research … collaboration and subsidies as heterogeneous treatments, and perform an econometric matching to analyze R&D and patent activity at …

University research provides valuable inputs to industrial innovation. It is therefore not surprising that private … of a sample of 678 professors at 46 higher education institutions in Germany shows that a higher share of industry …