, knowledge diffusion and network effects in a stochastic environment, because the adoption decision of new knowledge should be …Understanding the way in which knowledge is technically produced and transferred, and how its diffusion path can be … relevant literature so far has paid less attention investigating the microeconomic link between knowledge transfer and …

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 …

systems of innovation lead to the conclusion that countries differ in the way in which knowledge flows and that innovation … importance of the interactions and linkages among acteurs and institutions involved in innovation and technology development of a … country and calls such a web of interaction a national innovation system. The theoretical and empirical analyses on national …

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 …

geographical scale of analysis. The Digital Layer is created from large-scale, structured web scraping of firm websites, their … within the Digital Layer. The firm-level innovation indicators in this study come from traditional sources (survey and patent … dense areas and still maintain relationships that are geographically farther away. Their partners share a common knowledge …

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 …

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 …