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

Searching for external knowledge has frequently been characterized as crucial for firm success. However, little is … known about how the direction of search strategies influences innovation performance. In this paper, we argue that firms … spillovers from a firm's environment. Based on a sample of more than 5,000 firms from five European countries, our results show …

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 …

documents how mobile workers affect the patenting activity of the firm they join and the firm they leave. The effect of labor … former employer's patenting from workers who have left for another patent-active firm. Summing up the effects of joining and … study which is based on the population of R&D active Danish firms observed between 1999 and 2004 thus provides firm …

documents how mobile workers affect the patenting activity of the firm they join and the firm they leave. The effect of labor … former employer's patenting from workers who have left for another patent-active firm. Summing up the effects of joining and … study which is based on the population of R&D active Danish firms observed between 1999 and 2004 thus provides firm …

The sensitivity of innovation activities with respect to the business cycle is often assumed to be small. In this paper … the hypothesis on cyclical dependence of innovation activities is tested for firms in the German manufacturing, and … additionally for SMEs. To this end firms? innovation decisions are considered. The decision to innovate in one period is modelled …

opportunities as well as crucial challenges. This paper analyses one of the core aspects of competitiveness: a firm?s ability to … for innovation at home. We suggest a combination of three factors to identify and explain such innovation strategies … customers as a source for innovation that is more beneficial to standardized products and becomes more feasible if the lead …