universities and tested them on Swiss firm data. In a second step, we investigated the impact on innovation performance of …-oriented firms. We further found a positive effect on innovation performance for exploration-oriented firms but not for those that …

question we examine empirically refers to the possibility that an economic crisis could affect innovation performance through … associated with ICT-enabled innovation performance. This is the third research question of this paper. Our study is based on firm … decreased due to the crisis. Further, statistically significant negative relationship between ICT-enabled product innovation and …

The main objective of this empirical paper is to identify characteristics of imitation and innovation and shed light on … different types of innovating firms show that an innovation performance hierarchy exists ranking from occasional innovators …

innovation and performance. In this paper is presented an empirical study in this direction, based on data for 743 hospitals from … and estimated econometrically five equations: one for product innovation, one for process innovation and three equations … 'soft' ICT investment), as right-hand variables, while the performance equations also included the two innovation measures …

firm characteristics that determine the innovation and economic performance of M&A. The performance measures are based on …: innovation activities. This means that with the remarkable exception of innovation activities the level of M&A performance is …

measures of economic performance but also on innovation performance. For the empirical analysis we use a matching framework …

firm characteristics that determine the innovation and economic performance of M&A. The performance measures are based on …: innovation activities. This means that with the remarkable exception of innovation activities the level of M&A performance is … determined primarily by factors of the M&A process itself. -- mergers and acquisitions ; economic performance ; innovation …

measures of economic performance but also on innovation performance. For the empirical analysis we use a matching framework … performance ; innovation performance …

impact of outsourcing on firms' innovation performance as well as labour productivity. The integral investigation of the … determining factors as well as the impact of outsourcing on innovation and productivity based on the same data in a comparative … Information and Communication Technology (ICT) services. -- outsourcing ; product innovation ; process innovation ; average labour …

Human resource management (HRM) practices are generally expected to stimulate a firm's innovation performance. However …'s innovation activities and different types of HRM practices we find that primarily new workplace organization practices seem to … enhance a firm's innovation activities. Flexible practices of working time management and incentive payment schemes show only …