This paper analyses the relationship between past innovation output, competition, and future innovation input in a … results for both countries. Innovation output in t-1 as measured by the sales share of innovative products is positively …

The innovation value chain (IVC) divides the innovation process into three separate links or activities: knowledge … Ireland and Switzerland. Both economies are small, very open and depend significantly on innovation to maintain competitive … advantage. In recent years, however, R&D and innovation growth in Ireland has been markedly stronger than that in Switzerland …

The innovation value chain (IVC) divides the innovation process into three separate links or activities: knowledge … Ireland and Switzerland. Both economies are small, very open and depend significantly on innovation to maintain competitive … advantage. In recent years, however, R&D and innovation growth in Ireland has been markedly stronger than that in Switzerland …

This paper analyses the relationship between past innovation output, competition, and future innovation input in a … results for both countries. Innovation output in t-1 as measured by the sales share of innovative products is positively …

There is growing evidence that firms increasingly adopt open innovation practices. In this paper we investigate the … impact of two such external knowledge acquisition strategies, 'buy' and 'cooperate', on firm's product innovation performance … while both 'buy' and 'cooperate' have a positive effect on innovation, there is little statistical evidence that using them …

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 …

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 …

publicly available sources (OECD and the Swiss Federal Statistical Office) and on micro data from the KOF innovation panel …. Special attention is paid to a firm’s innovation performance, investments in information and communication technologies and IT …