Skilled labor is a key input to the innovation process. A shortage in supply of skilled labor may hence impede … innovation activities, resulting in lower productivity gains. While governments are concerned about these likely negative impacts …, there is only limited empirical evidence whether and to what extent labor shortage affects innovation activities. The paper …

Innovation activities in the German enterprise sector showed two opposing trends over the past two decades: While total … innovation expenditures grew substantially, the number of firms conducting innovation activities fell sharply. Innovation … expenditures hence concentrate on fewer firms. In this paper we analyse the evolution of firms' innovation and R&D activities …

product development process. HCs do not invest more into innovation, but achieve higher innovation success. The higher …

In October 2013, the European Commission presented a new indicator intended to capture innovation outputs and outcomes … usefulness of the new indicator against the background of the difficulties in measuring innovation outputs and outcomes. We … develop a unique conceptual framework for measuring innovation outcomes that distinguishes structural change and structural …

This paper studies the effects of different public innovation funding programs on the innovation output and export … contributes to higher innovation outputs, which in turn translates into higher export success in later years. This relation … however only holds for certain sources of public funding and certain types of innovation output. Innovation support from the …

In October 2013, the European Commission presented a new indicator intended to capture innovation outputs and outcomes … usefulness of the new indicator against the background of the difficulties in measuring innovation outputs and outcomes. We … develop a unique conceptual framework for measuring innovation outcomes that distinguishes structural change and structural …

This policy paper outlines major policy trends in public support of innovation activities in industry and SMEs across … OECD countries. It discusses the policy mix to strengthen business R&D and innovation, and possible avenues to improve this … to reinforce international competitiveness through a variety of policy initiatives supporting business innovation. In …

Our study shows empirically that the choice of resource allocation strategy affects innovation performance. A policy of … allocating resources to a broader range of innovation projects increases sales of new products, especially if these are truly … stronger for firms that allocate resources more selectively at later stages of the innovation process. Based on these results …

The massive economic crisis 2008/09 had substantial impacts on the innovation activities of the German economy. The … loss in sales and profits resulted in a sharp decline of innovation expenditure. While capital expenditure for new products … and improved processes were cut substantially, R&D budgets basically remained unchanged. Firms with innovation and R …

This paper investigates the drivers and the effects of the internationalisation of innovation activities in SMEs based … on a large data set of German firms covering the period 2002-2007. We look at different stages of the innovation process … (R&D, design, production and sales of new products, and implementation of new processes) and explore the role of internal …