and loyalty. Strong ties, however, have also been shown to prevent innovation, suggesting that firms should also develop …, innovation. It is based in a seven-year longitudinal research project with Adidas, a global sporting goods company. From the case …-customer relationships. Contrary to the established literature, we find that strong ties in the Adidas case supported significant innovation …

market mechanism. As a response, public instruments have been implemented to stimulate private innovation activities. The … Establishment Panel and apply various microeconometric methods to estimate the effect of public measures on innovation activities of …

This paper investigates whether firms innovate persistently or discontinuously over time using an innovation panel data … set on German manufacturing and service firms for the period 1994?2002. We find that innovation behaviour is permanent at … innovation experience, the results further highlight the important role of knowledge provided by skilled employees and unobserved …