Unternehmen erfolgreich Neuerungen einführen und inwieweit die Politik sie dabei unterstützen kann. …

Beschäftigungsbedingungen in der Metropolregion zu verbessern. Dabei kommt der Stärkung der Innovationsaktivitäten der Unternehmen eine … Großstadtregionen. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass die Unternehmen in der Metropolregion eine höhere Innovationsbereitschaft aufweisen, die … Innovationsaktivitäten im Mittel allerdings weniger anspruchsvoll sind, insofern die Unternehmen seltener FuE betreiben und die FuE …

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 …

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 …

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 …