Web-based innovation indicators may provide new insights into firm-level innovation activities. However, little is known yet about the accuracy and relevance of web-based information. In this study, we use 4,485 German firms from the Mannheim Innovation Panel (MIP) 2019 to analyze which website...

In order to better capture non-R&D based processes related to Learning by Doing, Using and Interacting (DUI) as a basis for policy advice, this paper empirically identifies DUI mode drivers of SME innovation. For the first time, a large set of conceptually derived indicators is used in a...

This paper is concerned with exploring the implications of replicability issues over the medical innovation process. Each research setting is characterized by a specific level of replicability, variability increasing with the complexity of the testing settings. The study introduces new measures...

In Germany, the labour force is ageing rapidly. At the same time, age heterogeneity within companies is rising. The literature on diversity argues that heterogeneity can have a positive as well as a detrimental effect on team outputs. Our paper sheds light on the impact of age diversity on the...

Die demografische Entwicklung sowie die Heraufsetzung des Renteneintrittsalters werden in den nächsten Jahrzehnten dazu führen, dass der Anteil älterer Mitarbeiter in Unternehmen steigen wird. Gemäß der Defizithypothese bzw. des Defizitmodells wird unterstellt, dass ältere Mitarbeiter...

Demografieorientierte Personalmaßnahmen zielen auf eine langfristige Verbesserung der Personalstruktur und Sicherung des Fachkräftebedarfs. Dieser Langfristcharakter birgt jedoch die Gefahr, dass sie kurzfristigen Optimierungen zum Opfer fallen. Die hier vorgestellten Daten zeigen aber, dass...

This paper examines the question, whether the growing use of new technologies and decentralized forms of work organization affects the age structure of workforces within firms. The initial idea behind this relationship is that technological and organizational change may not only be skill-biased,...