In recent years, innovation processes involve more heterogenous actors inside and outside the firm. Little is known … however about the spatial impact of this organisational decomposition of innovation processes (ODIP): Does it lead to a … geographical dispersion of innovation activities as well? Furthermore, which parts of the innovation process are carried out …

sources, too. The importance of these knowledge sources varies with the type of innovation. These results, which are broadly …Using a knowledge production framework and a rich set of plant level data this study demonstrates that in Germany firms … that are active on international markets as exporters or foreign direct investors do generate more new knowledge than firms …

sources, too. The importance of these knowledge sources varies with the type of innovation. These results, which are broadly …Export, Auslandsinvestition, Wissensproduktion, Deutschland - Exports, foreign direct investment, knowledge production …Using a knowledge production framework and a rich set of plant level data this study demonstrates that in Germany firms …

-intensive business services (KIBS). KIBS produce and duffus knowledge, which is crucial for innovation processes. The paper gives an … overview of the role and function of KIBS in innovation systems and their knowledge production, transformation and diffusion …Over the last years, there has been a significant increase in the attention paid to the activities of knowledge …