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 …

innovation experience, the results further highlight the important role of knowledge provided by skilled employees and unobserved …This paper investigates whether firms innovate persistently or discontinuously over time using an innovation panel data … set on German manufacturing and service firms for the period 1994?2002. We find that innovation behaviour is permanent at …

or output of a knowledge production function. We suggest that the productivity of research in patent production functions … to patentable knowledge, and development happens after the initial research phase that may have led to a patent. Instead … of using data on R&D, we separate the knowledge creating process into 'R' and 'D'. This data stems from R&D surveys of …

economics. We hypothesize that the right balance between internal and external knowledge is critical for innovation. The … and reach beyond the boundaries of the firm. Accordingly, technology transfer from providers of knowledge intensive … client-side innovation. The aim of this paper is to contribute to resolving an empirical puzzle arising from the prior …

knowledge acquired through formal education and professional experience and usually coincides with a higher personal wealth … 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 …