Familienunternehmen gelten in der öffentlichen Wahrnehmung als besonders innovativ und als Hidden Champions der … unterschiedlichen Ergebnissen. Einerseits wird Familienunternehmen ein besonderer Unternehmergeist bescheinigt, der sie besonders … less innovation activity. In this study we investigate the innovation activity of 436 German manufacturing firms differing …

Research on the linkages between family firms, innovation and change is scant and lacking empirical investigation. In … capacity of family businesses and the degree and manner to which innovation can lead to change or even be the change needed in … the context of strategic reorientation. The research investigates innovation with reference to the resource perspective …

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 …

innovation capability. The study contributes to the current understanding in two ways; first by presenting the important aspects … of organisational innovation capability, and second by showing the importance of measurement in promoting different … aspects of innovation capability. Design/methodology/approach – The study has been executed by conducting a web-based survey …

three decades. Based on the sociologic theory of embeddedness of economic activities within social structures, indicators … are developed in order to describe the socio-spatial configuration of business networks related to enterprise?s innovation …

relationship between embeddedness and innovation. For example, is deep, local embeddedness associated with innovation in the early … the metal products industry. The research on innovation and geographic proximity, combined with a reconceptualisation of … the Granovetterian concept of embeddedness, provides the theoretical context. Among the issues addressed are whether deep …

-1216. Within the regional learning and innovation literature, the precise impact of regional 'culture' on firms' competitive … how the cultural embeddedness of firms in the region is best understood as a series of sustained tensions between: (1 … underpin innovation. Second, the paper measures the material impact of that regional cultural embedding on firms' innovative …

embeddedness on innovation. We also consider the effect of forms of organization within industrial districts at various stages of … product and process life, and we examine the negative aspects of embeddedness for innovation. We conclude with a discussion of …In this survey, we examine the operations of innovation processes within industrial districts by exploring the ways in …

a bilateral collaboration is determined by cognitive, relational, and structural embeddedness. Innovation results from …In this paper, we model the formation of innovation networks as they emerge from bilateral decisions. In contrast to … extent to which firms' knowledge complement each other. Previous collaborations (relational embeddedness) increase the …

(industrial) diversification, core firm innovation and its internationalization. We find all these have positive and significant … internationalization. Drawing on embeddedness and social network perspectives, we find general support for the hypotheses that a small …