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. -- Knowledge …

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 …

their investments. Competition is, however, not localized within a market segment and the class of new or old models, i …

Both M&A and innovation are instruments for growth and competitive advantage. Therefore they are fundamental to each … unfortunate as both processes - the process of innovation and the process of mergers and acquisitions - are intimately connected …. The impact of mergers on innovation can only be rigorously assessed, if the converse direction of influence - mergers …

market competition. The amount of knowledge firms can absorb from other firms is made dependent on their own research efforts … positive effect on R&D efforts both under research joint venture and under research competition. Firms' propensity to … collaborate in R&D is increasing in R&D productivity. The key findings of the theoretical model are tested using German innovation …

Wir untersuchen die Rolle von Vertragstypen und Zugangsregulierung auf Innovation und Wettbewerb. In einem Duopolmodell … ; Investition ; Innovation ; Verträge zwischen Netzbetreibern …

affect firms' innovation strategy choices, concretely, whether to abstain from innovation, to introduce products that are … known in the market but new to the firm (imitation) or to introduce market novelties (innovation). Using a sample of 1253 … effectiveness is low or medium, both innovation and imitation are enhanced, whereas if it is high, only innovation is enhanced …

and external knowledge. Knowledge in turn constitutes one of the main inputs to service innovation. Hence, social software … has the potential to support service innovation. Using data from 505 German Information- and Communication Technology (ICT … social software applications triggers innovation. Thereby, it refers to a knowledge production function in which social …