spillovers, using knowledge from patents shows the strongest link to innovation output, particularly in case of product … patent files. Other sources represent unintended knowledge spillovers, such as reverse engineering of technologies or hiring … workers from other firms. Based on data from the Community Innovation Survey, this paper analyses the role of different types …

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

and measurement approaches used in the Community Innovation Surveys. While controlling for firm size, age and sector, we …

Humankapitalausstattung spielt der Wissenstransfer über den Zu- und Abgang von Mitarbeitern eine größere Rolle. …

Recent empirical evidence has shown that firm’s innovation behavior exhibits high persistency but not much is known … environment and asks how local knowledge spillovers affect firms' innovation persistence. The empirical analysis draws upon a … representative panel data set of firms in Germany from 2002-2016, complemented by detailed geographic information of patent activity …

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 …