overview of theories, concepts and especially empirical results on open innovation and the integration of suppliers. For this … Concepts:</i></b> <ul> <li>Advancing a Typology of Open Innovation <i>(Peter Gianiodis, Scott C Ellis and Enrico Secchi …)</i></li> <li>Open Innovation and the Integration of Suppliers ¡ª Literature Review and Discussion on Supplier Innovation <i …

establishment data on various aspects of training practices and innovation activities in Germany, the paper examines the degree … works councils as an instrument for a firm's total training activities that correlate with innovation, and weak support when … we consider only generalized training and innovation. Finally, no significant relation is found between training …

ensuing innovation race, firms interact through information spillovers resulting from the imperfect appropriability of … behavioral regularities of agents who are engaged in innovation activities. As a key element we test to what extend relative … economic performance exercises a stimulating effect on the implementation of innovation and imitation strategies. …

The aim of this paper is to analyse the effects of knowledge management on the innovation success of firms in Germany …. We look at innovative firms in the period from 2000 to 2002 taken from the Mannheim Innovation Panel and estimate the … management on the share of cost reductions with process innovation. …

The aim of this paper is to analyse the effects of knowledge management on the innovation success of firms in Germany …. Using a matching procedure on data from the German Innovation Survey of 2003 ("Mannheim Innovation Panel"), we pair firms … management on the share of cost reductions with process innovation. …

topic in the literature. Although controversial, such an argument has informed recent innovation policy across Germany …-based innovation policies are receiving, it is worth answering two main questions. First, are firms with a relatively high level of … social capital likely to be more innovative? Second, do companies pursuing innovation in partnership innovate more? This …