technologies and imitation of industry leaders. Employment growth in leader firms is encouraged whereas growth of backward firms is …

of the innovation (a low imitation degree) does not affect the imitation success in a positive way. Furthermore, an … been developed. An empirical investigation of 66 firms shows that imitation projects are only successful if one succeeds in … realizing a high imitation degree and in impeding the market entry of further imitators. Further development or an improvement …

through these stages. Data are used from the 2007 “Flash Eurobarometer Survey on Entrepreneurship”, covering 27 European …

first hint towards the importance of collective innovation activities. …

findings emphasize the role of a firm's absorptive capacity and its ICT competence in data-based innovation. It seems that … customer involvement in innovation process positively relates to the production of new data-based products and services. The … reported empirical findings further indicate that data-based product and service innovation tends to be rather strongly demand-driven. …

Public policy is currently shifting from SME policy towards entrepreneurship policy, which supports entrepreneurship … public policy affects the prevalence and performance of both productive entrepreneurship and so-called high …-impact entrepreneurship in turn. Although varying contexts and economic systems make prescribing a general panacea impossible, a number of …

short or medium run. Entrepreneurial rents arise when successful entrepreneurship is exercised and entrepreneurial firms … successful entrepreneurship cannot be taxed harshly without affecting entrepreneurs' willingness to supply effort. …

This paper investigates the impact of in-house R&D and innovation management practices on innovation success in small … innovation management tools in order to achieve innovation success. We analyse whether such a strategy can pay off. Based on data … from the German CIS we find that R&D activities are a main driver for innovation success if combined with external R …