systems. One important mechanism behind regional entry is the diversification of upstream laser source producers into the …

Information and knowledge are important prerequisites for innovation activity in firms. One important means of … acquiring coplementary knowledge are innovation networks. Depending on their absortive capacity and knowledge base, firms … differences between manufacturing firms and business-related service firms. Using data from a regional innovation survey carried …

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. …

at contributing to an integrative debate about innovation and value creation by analyzing innovation management … innovation may be seen as an entity within a multidimensional business landscape where relatedness, dynamism and variety are key … dimensions. The innovation is typically positioned within some partly visible, partly invisible business landscape where it needs …

with 20 or more employees comprising 1993-1995 CIS II data on firm innovation strategic motivations and 1995-1998 data on … model in which the covariates include firm strategies (innovation and environmental), and a set of other explanatory … negative impact from environmental innovation strategy, implying either a short-medium effect, possibly balanced in the long …

This exploratory empirical study compares the determinants of innovation in manufacturing and services through … different innovation objectives or cooperating with different types of partners appears to have detrimental effects on service … innovation. We interpret the latter results through reference to service firms' R&D and alliance management capabilities …

The authors use the insights from strategy research and innovation studies to address two principal questions regarding … Innovation Survey for Polish service firms. They propose a set of indicators reflecting four principal fields of technology …