In this paper we investigate the determinants of cooperative innovation and put our main focus on the regional or … differential regional effects. The latter can be used to identify and evaluate the strength of regional innovation systems …. Applying this method to German patent data we find evidence that regional differences in the degree of cooperative innovation …

This work deals with the determinants of cooperative invention and innovation within innovation systems. Several … proximity dimensions are used to identify the levels on which systemic innovation activities can be observed. To disentangle the … cooperative invention and innovation. Applying this method to German patent data shows that there are significant differences in …

In this paper, a model of product innovation is developed that endogenizes the degree of cooperation. Two opposing …

explained by established organization theory. In particular, transaction cost economics as well as resource-based view help …

The research question of the article is: Does the competence-based view, representing a theory of sustaining … competitive advantage, offer simultaneously a comprehensive theory of the firm? In order to develop an answer, it appears to be …-based one. The scrutiny suggests that the competencebased view represents a theory of the firm with other answers than current …

outsourcing of R&D activities to contract research organizations and its implications for innovation performance. This paper … theory and the resource-based view of the firm. Using a large and comprehensive data set of innovating firms from Germany our …

The aim of this paper is to investigate the role of Knowledge Management (KM) for the innovation success of firms. It … recombination of internal and external knowledge assets. To analyse the embedding of KM in a firm's internal system of innovation we …. Using data on KM and innovation success of 351 German firms of the manufacturing sector and knowledge-intensive services …