such as lack of labour and high innovation costs foster the set up of later-stage innovation activities abroad while the …This paper aims to shed light on firm specific drivers that lead firms to internationalise their innovation activities …’s competitive environment and the influence of innovation obstacles in the home country. In particular, the role of the potential …

these issues empirically, based on a harmonized survey of innovation activities of more than 1,800 firms located in Portugal …

the environmental performance of firms. It is thus worth asking how the innovation activities and performance of firms … with regard to energy and resource efficiency look like: Do EREI firms follow distinct innovation strategies? Do EREIs spur … or limit innovation success? And what are the particular features of EREI firms compared to conventional innovators …

The massive economic crisis 2008/09 had substantial impacts on the innovation activities of the German economy. The … loss in sales and profits resulted in a sharp decline of innovation expenditure. While capital expenditure for new products … and improved processes were cut substantially, R&D budgets basically remained unchanged. Firms with innovation and R …

internationalization process. We contribute to this research stream by establishing theoretical links with the emerging open innovation … with regard to the effect of open innovation strategies on internationalization performance. Our results show that both the … ones. -- New ventures ; internationalization ; innovation ; search strategies ; entrepreneurship …

multinational companies. -- Export ; R&D ; Multinational enterprises ; Innovation Policy …

This paper examines how foreign-owned and domestically owned firms transform innovation into employment growth. The …, reveals important differences between the two groups: Due to general productivity increases and process innovation, foreign … innovation are larger for foreignowned firms. Together with employment-stimulating effects stemming from existing products, they …

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 …