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 …

The research project "KompNet 2011 – Sucess factors of regional innovation networks", funded by the Federal Ministry of … Education and Research (BMBF), examines the innovation activities of small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) in and closely … strategic alignment. The innovation activities focus clearly on product innovation instead of process innovation. Furthermore …

the innovation process. Markets with high competition also force enterprises to produce imitative innovations but give …

This paper examines recent contributions on innovation protection practices in small and medium enterprises (SMEs …

; Innovationserfolg ; Marketinginnovation ; organisatorische Innovation ; Produktinnovation ; Prozessinnovation ; Umsatz …We examine the innovation success of predominant small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) in and closely around Jena … (Thuringia) by using the data sets of the research project "KompNet 2011 – Factors determining the success of regional innovation …

. -- Innovationskooperation ; Wissenstransfer ; Kooperationspartner ; Transferkanal ; Innovation ; KMU …The research project "KompNet 2011 - Factors determining the success of regional innovation networks", funded by the … partners in innovation projects, nevertheless in-house development is the most important form of creating innovative products …