The innovation activities of foreign subsidiaries have been identified as an important source of competitive advantage … foreignness). We derive potential stumbling blocks in the innovation process theoretically and argue that these materialize as … innovation activities in Germany from various sectors. We find that foreign-controlled firms are not challenged by liability of …

known about how the direction of search strategies influences innovation performance. In this paper, we argue that firms … that being open for innovation generally pays off. However, both moderating factors have a crucial role to play: On the one … novel knowledge and to enhance innovation performance. We develop targeted management recommendations based on these results. …

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 …

The importance of intellectual property (IP) rights for commercializing innovation is well established. Moreover … innovation alone, it is not clear how obtaining IP rights will impact the choice between licensing product rights and continuing … the primary patent covering an innovation and whether the innovating firm's licenses its innovation or raises external …

the bidding competition for the innovation and by increasing the relative profitability of being the most efficient firm … innovation for sale, relative to innovation for entry. …

This paper analyzes the effect of an increase in patent scope on R&D and innovation. It presents a model where patent … duplication of R&D. The model predicts that an increase in patent scope can increase the probability of innovation if the … incumbent's profit increase from innovation is large and the patented technology has a small advantage over the alternative …

facilities that include external sources of information into the innovation process. This trend towards an open innovation … in external R&D allow fast adaptations within the innovation process in case of changing market trends or radical … innovations. Furthermore, opening up the innovation process simplifies an integration of required know-how from another industry …

investigated the link between innovation performance and employment growth. First we discuss the problem from the theoretical point … of view and then we analyze the relationship between innovation performance and the dynamics of employment in the Polish … the impact of innovation on employment growth depends on the macroeconomic situation. …