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 …

counteracting innovation declines after M&As. This paper provides empirical evidence into the role of acquiring firms’ absorptive …

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 …

During the last 20 years, R&D and innovation activities in the service sector have clearly increased. Especially …" of technological information within the economy. They are providers, purchasers or partners in the context of innovation …. A sound innovation capacity, especially knowledge, creativity, market and management skills let them become bridges for …

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 …

from research institutions. Using data from the German innovation survey we investigate how firms are able to exploit … knowledge from external partners for successful innovation activities. The estimation results show that the determinants of … absorptive capacity differ with respect to the type of knowledge absorbed for innovation activities. In particular we find that …

and measurement approaches used in the Community Innovation Surveys. While controlling for firm size, age and sector, we …

; innovation ; environmental innovation ; organizational change ; productivity …