The German biotechnology industry missed the accession of this key technology in the 1980s. Policy makers make … particular not discriminating different kinds of ?risk? in the field of biotechnology. The study combines survey data of German …

effects of cross-border mergers and acquisitions on innovation activities in target firms. The empirical analysis is based on … selection bias, it is found that foreign takeovers have a large negative impact on the propensity to perform innovation … activities and a negative impact on average R&D expenditures in innovative firms. Furthermore, innovation output, measured as the …

This paper provides empirical evidence on the relationship between cross-border acquisitions and innovation activities … at the firm level. In contrast to previous studies that analyze the effects on innovation in target firms, this paper …

enterprises' operational environment. This article contributes to environmental innovation literature by providing a comprehensive … this context, the prime issue is how the perception of climate change affects corporate innovation processes. Firstly, the …

This paper explores the possible job creation effect of innovation activity. We analyze a unique panel dataset covering … is the labour-friendly nature of innovation, which we measure in terms of forward-citation weighted patents. However …, this positive impact of innovation is statistically significant only for firms in the high-tech manufacturing sectors …

different components of the labour force on innovation at the sectoral level between 1994 and 2005. The authors focus, in … determinants of innovation, such as R&D investments, stock of patents and openness to trade. To address possible endogeneity of … accordingly. Our results show that highly-educated migrants have a positive effect on innovation even if the effect is smaller …

We analyze the link between R&D, innovation, and productivity in MSMEs with a special focus on micro firms with fewer … the probability of reporting innovation, with a larger effect size for product than for process innovations. Moreover …, micro firms benefit in a comparable way from innovation processes as larger firms, as they are similarly able to increase …

Do higher wages lead to more automation innovation? To answer this question, we first use the frequency of certain … keywords in patent text to create a new measure of automation innovation in machinery. We show that our measure is correlated …-level panel analysis, we find that an increase in low-skill wages leads to more automation innovation with an elasticity between 2 …

We describe Germany's rise as an industrial power in the late 19th century through radical innovation and … miracle, was nevertheless a period during which innovation slowed down - a somewhat surprising conclusion, but consistent with … innovation indicators, and offer four broad, interrelated explanations in a historical context: (i) the innovation system is …