The 'doing-using-interacting mode' of innovation (DUI) is considered an important component of innovative activity. It … describes informal innovative activities and thus complements the 'science-technology-innovation mode' (STI) based on research … DUI mode and how they should be measured. Based upon 81 in-depth interviews with German SMEs and regional innovation …

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 … technique capable of handling such a large number of potential predictors, we find that DUI learning involves a wide range of …

Private innovative activities receive public innovation support from different political levels. Few studies have … empirically evaluated the influence of political systems on the reception of public innovation support and no other studies have … evaluated innovation support across Europe with CIS data. This paper analyses the differences between federal, semi-federal and …

Public innovation support claims to reach out to firms facing barriers hindering them from innovating, especially …

technological innovation when it goes along with organizational learning in the training company. …' participation in initial VET and their innovation outcomes. Our results show that the direct effects of initial VET on technological … innovation in small and mediumsized enterprises (SMEs) are on average quite weak. If at all, a training firm's initial VET …

Previous studies have found that generalized trust positively affects innovation at the country and regional level. We … extend this literature by arguing that there are four reasons to believe that the trust-innovation relationship is … regions with less developed innovation capacities as it fosters cooperation and knowledge transfer, which is known to be …

Private innovative activities receive public innovation support from different political levels. Few studies have … empirically evaluated the influence of political systems on the reception of public innovation support and no other studies have … evaluated innovation support across Europe with CIS data. This paper analyses the differences between federal, semi-federal and …

Public innovation support claims to reach out to firms facing barriers hindering them from innovating, especially …