firm's ability to improve its productivity growth and profitability. The case study reported here concerns the … in which the dependent variable is alternatively (labor) productivity growth and profitability. Our findings show that … growth and profitability. This suggests that firms pursue different strategies when patenting with the USPTO and the EPO, and …

and evolutionary economics and the endogeneous growth literature highlight the role of innovation activities in enabling … market share, is postulated to depend on indicators of firms' innovation behaviour such as improvements in cost …

it can be argued that product innovation raises barriers to entry and thus improve profitability. This study examines the …Product innovation is a competitive strategy in food industry. Successful product development management is a key … effect of functional food innovative activity (compared to overall innovative activity) on the profitability of 23 German …

on the effects of the patent stock on profitability. The data base is a representative sample of German manufacturing … patent stock has a strong and robust effect on profitability. …

Knowledge spillovers to competitors are regarded as an important aspect of the innovation process. While a company … leakage of knowledge in an industry will negatively affect profitability. This paper presents the results of an empirical … study on the effects of outgoing and incoming spillovers on firms? profitability. It turns out that the expected asymmetry …

understand the challenges being faced by the automotive assemblers, as well as parts and components manufacturers, the innovation …