manufacturing firms. We perform direct and indirect tests for the complementarity of formal and informal technology transfer. Our … results confirm a complementary relationship: using both transfer channels contributes to higher innovation performance. The …

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 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 …

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. …

. im Jahr 2017 die Sorge vor einem Ausverkauf moderner Technologie an China aufkommen, das im Rahmen seiner … industriepolitischen Aufholstrategie etwa im Rahmen von Joint-Venture-Anforderungen auf einen forcierten Technologietransfer setzt. Darüber … internationalen Handelsregeln einhegbar zu sein, da dies durch China anhaltend blockiert wird. Vor diesem Hintergrund sollte die …

This paper investigates the barriers to innovation perceived by Polish manufacturing firms. It refers to the … heterogeneity of innovation active firms. We introduce a taxonomy of innovative firms based on the frequency with which they … introduce commercialised innovations using data from both CIS4 (for 2002-2004) and CIS5 (2004-2006). Two groups of innovation …

This work investigates the relationship between proxies of innovation activities, such as patents and trademarks, and … complementarity or substitutability. In addition, and to our knowledge novel, we propose a measure of concordance (or proximity …