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 …

We investigate the effect of profit-sharing on product and process innovation. Profit-sharing is a credible commitment … that the introduction of profit-sharing only spurs product innovation. …

Community Innovation Survey to test our hypotheses. We find an inverted u-shape of innovation off-shoring on the effectiveness …We analyze the effects of captive off-shoring of innovation activities on the firms' ability to adapt their … of organizational adaptability, implying an optimal threshold value of innovation off-shoring. This value is 11% for …

; innovation ; environmental innovation ; organizational change ; productivity …

harmful to the probability of process innovation based on IT. Leaving the negative relationship between older workers and the …. Thus, not older workers in general are harmful to firms' innovation capabilities, but older workers who lack the … appropriate IT skills. -- Process innovation ; information technology ; older workers …

productivity whereas it exhibits a positive and significant impact on their innovation activity. -- Labour productivity … ; innovation ; broadband Internet …

study the role that firms' and users' activities on Facebook play in the innovation process. We find that firms' adoption of … actively ask for feedback, while only negative user comments are positively and significantly related to innovation success …

study the role that firms' and users' activities on Facebook play in the innovation process. We find that firms' adoption of … actively ask for feedback, while only negative user comments are positively and significantly related to innovation success …

market (innovation). It turns out that spillovers from rivals lead to more imitation, while inputs from customers and … research institutions enhance original innovation. …

recipients' investment is less sensitive to internal liquidity. -- Research and development ; liquidity constraints ; innovation …