their own technologies with those of specific key industries. -- Innovation ; Proximity ; Diversity …

explaining the why of a certain innovation instead of another. We empirically test this theory in the telecommunication switches … industry. We consider innovation as a new alignment of needs and opportunities, where markets and technology are not the …

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 …