empirical results provided an affirmative response to the question raised in this paper: "Does innovation mediate good firm …

This paper analyzes the effect of different cooperation forms on innovation in small and medium enterprises in Belgium …, Germany, Portugal and Spain using Community Innovation Survey data from 2008. We find that vertical cooperation and knowledge … positive effect of horizontal cooperation on sales due to product innovation only in Germany. …

Innovation involves implementing new or significantly improved goods and services, production processes, marketing, or … organizational methods for adding value. The measurement of innovation provides a mechanism for benchmarking national performance …, and for examining innovation and its relation to economic growth. Further, examining determinants and bottlenecks to …

that will require more innovation for firms to remain competitive across the global market. The PIDS Survey on Innovation …% of Philippines establishments were innovation-active. Strikingly, the BPO sector spends the most for innovation … activities despite it being the least innovation-active among the various sectors at a rate of just 30%. Intellectual property …

The Oslo Manual, following ideas of Schumpeter, defines innovation as "the implementation of a new or significantly … become even more cognizant of innovation as a major driver of economic performance, from output, to productivity, and to … encourage innovation and support the country's innovation ecosystem. Examining innovation and its relation to economic growth …

-end-related activities in 28 innovation projects carried out by 14 German and 13 Japanese companies to reduce project uncertainty. In all … innovation management in both the German and Japanese companies. We interviewed managers of 13 Japanese and 14 German enterprises … end" ;, activities and typical deliverables in the innovation process which might be affected by front end management …

28 innovation projects in German and Japanese companies. We further reveal differences in the practice of innovation …

innovation performance, addressing endogeneity by exploiting within firm variation as well as variation in labor supply across … regions. We find that vertical educational diversity increases the extensive margin of R&D and product innovation …, particularly new product innovation. However, the relationship with process innovation, R&D intensity, and product innovation …