influences the innovation performance of a firm. While former studies mainly focused on knowledge management cycles, we … management techniques and their influence on product and process innovation. The ability to source external knowledge positively … the tools of knowledge management in function of the kind of technical innovation it wants to proceed. …

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 …

and external knowledge. Knowledge in turn constitutes one of the main inputs to service innovation. Hence, social software … social software applications triggers innovation. Thereby, it refers to a knowledge production function in which social … firms. Social software can be employed for knowledge management and for external communication enabling access to internal …

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 …

We estimate the determinants of various types of product innovation. Knowledge spillovers from rivals have a positive … exert no such independent influence on drastic innovation activities. The results support the hypothesis that establishments … face difficulties in using knowledge that comes from areas they are not familiar with. Establishments exploit spillovers …

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 …

The paper tests empirically the role of knowledge stocks to explain the regional distribution of Germany …?s biotechnology founders. We present an unique approach to highlight the role of knowledge spillovers as we differentiate according … high start-up activity in knowledge intensive regions. Group differentiation shows that knowledge stock variables matter …

operating in knowledge intensive sectors and start-ups belonging to the remaining ones. This separation is done in order to … interpret the estimation results for start-ups in knowledge intensive sectors in a reliable way. The remaining firms serve as a …