The relationship between innovation and firm survival is analyzed for the population of German laser source producers … from the beginning of the industry until 2005. Innovation effort is approximated by the generation of high quality patents … in laser sources technology (IPC H01S) and by having patents with university inventors. Quality patents are defined as …

Das Geographische Informationssystem (GIS) gewinnt als Planungswerkzeug in der Regionalplanung eine immer größere … Bedeutung. Die verschiedenen Aspekte der GIS-Anwendungen wie Qualität und Umfang raumbezogener Basisdaten, Auswahlkriterien und … Kosten bei einer GIS-Einführung, Kooperationsfragen, Angebote und Dienstleistungen im GIS-Sektor bewegen viele Anwender. Im …

'relevant' firms. Our empirical results indeed show that the measure performs better than the standard measure in an innovation … and significant impact on innovation success. However, the knowledge spillovers appear to be localized: Spillovers from … particularly Switzerland itself. Moreover, the spillover effect on innovation performance decreases with increasing number of …

that shaped choices of energy infrastructure and technology, the analysis investigates how the energy policy and energy mix … pipeline projects, sprouting new LNG terminals, plans to build nuclear power infrastructure, a race to develop new energy …

concern for the environment and for quality of life/distance work) with a major impact on the economy. Innovation plays a key … role in meeting the challenges of the future, but despite investment in innovation, global economic growth has fallen short … of innovation ecosystems based on the performance of the innovation ecosystems of 64 countries assessed by the Global …

In the era of "open innovation", the choice of a cooperative strategy is one of the most significant factors … determining the effectiveness of innovation activities. The authors investigate the typical configurations of cooperative networks … innovation outcomes in terms of innovation novelty and export capacity. The most common cooperative strategy is vertical …

Technological innovation has historically contributed to inclusive economic growth in Germany. In more recent decades …, however, this contribution has weakened due to the declining impact of technological innovation on labor productivity growth … technological innovation to raise labor productivity. This paper identifies three reasons why technological innovation has become …