Firms compete increasingly in an open innovation environment. Search strategies for external knowledge become therefore … crucial for firm success. Existing research differentiates between the breadth (diversity) and depth (intensity) with which … are built through internal or external R&D activities) and the munificence of its innovation environment. We test these …

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 … systems of innovation lead to the conclusion that countries differ in the way in which knowledge flows and that innovation …

product and process innovation among exporting firms and these innovations have a larger impact on productivity improvement in …

During the last 20 years, R&D and innovation activities in the service sector have clearly increased. Especially … services. About 8 percent of total employment in West Germany is in business services. In particular, by taking advantage of …" of technological information within the economy. They are providers, purchasers or partners in the context of innovation …

researchers. In a sample of research groups in the fields of science and engineering at universities in Germany, we identify … research orientation, output, funding as well as openness to industry and commercialization as relevant components. Nests that … attract more public funding and are led by professors with high research performance are more likely to produce researchers …

materials. However, increasing industry funding of research can restrict the dissemination of results and materials. We show … scientists who receive industry funding are twice as likely to deny requests for research inputs as those who do not. Receiving …, however, 50% more likely to be denied access to research materials by others, but this is not affected by being funded …

This paper deals with the effects of publicly funded research at universities, polytechnics and federal research labs … on industrial innovations in Germany. We discuss the characteristics of companies that benefit from the findings of … public research institutions. In questioning 2,300 companies we found that less than one tenth of product or process …

costs. Research therefore repeatedly stressed the positive relationship between collaborative R&D and innovation performance … collaborative R&D projects in the firms' total R&D project portfolio. For a sample of 2,891 firms located in Germany, active in … collaborative R&D projects in total R&D projects is associated with a higher probability of product innovation and with a higher …

costs. Research therefore repeatedly stressed the positive relationship between collaborative R&D and innovation performance … collaborative R&D projects in the firms' total R&D project portfolio. For a sample of 2,891 firms located in Germany, active in … collaborative R&D projects in total R&D projects is associated with a higher probability of product innovation and with a higher …