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 …

This paper investigates the possible presence of three problems in regional innovation systems (RIS): intermediation …

This paper investigates the possible presence of three problems in regional innovation systems (RIS): intermediation … cooperate. However, it is a main determinant of failed cooperation projects. -- Regional innovation systems ; reciprocity …

of the doubt approach to obtain an innovation index based on expert elicitations and adopted innovations. Subsequently … parameters of farmers’ risk attitude and farm-level innovation. We find no statistically significant association between CPT … parameters and the innovation index. Our results therefore cast doubts on the potential of revealed risk preferences to …

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 …

The discussion on regional innovation systems emphasizes the duality of local and global links. While the former enable … diverse to their knowledge base. Our empirical analysis of 18 German regional innovation networks highlights the importance of …