engaging in virtually no collaboration in the area of innovation, and others engaging quite intensively with academic partners …

less. Laggard firms, we suggest, should instead achieve productivity growth through efficient exploitation of existing … technologies and imitation of industry leaders. Employment growth in leader firms is encouraged whereas growth of backward firms is …

high competitiveness and growth. New research on low and medium technology industries has revealed that their growth is … development of these countries. This paper aims to show the differences in innovation patterns among manufacturing firms operating … into account innovation inputs, cooperation among firms in R&D activities, the benefits of cooperation with business …

growth and employment, and an overlook on the impacts of different policy measures on companies. The role of large companies …

In this paper we assess to what extent in the existence of a financial crisis, government spending can contribute to … mitigate economic downturns in the short run and whether such impact differs in crisis and non crisis times. We use panel … instrumented regular and crisis spending is about 0.6-0.8 considering the sample average government spending share of GDP of about …

industries identified and validated ten key R&D performance measures. All industry experts involved are members of an innovation … network, additionally accounting for innovation network effects. In contrast to earlier research, some of the measures like …

&D, using external innovation sources or by entering into cooperation agreements. SMEs without in-house R&D can yield a similar …This paper investigates the impact of in-house R&D and innovation management practices on innovation success in small … and medium-sized firms (SMEs). While there is little doubt about the significance of technology competence for generating …

Wissenstransferaktivitäten von schwerpunktmäßig kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen (KMU) in der Region Jena. Die Studie konzentriert sich auf drei …The research project KompNet 2011 - Factors determining the success of regional innovation networks, funded by the …-sized enterprises (SME) in and closely around Jena (Thuringia). The study focuses on three aspects: How do the different channels used …