the Slovak Republic was analyzed. The study differentiates between product innovation and three different forms of process …

The innovation indicator Germany determines the relative positions of 17 highly developed economies in an international … comparison regarding their innovation capability. Basing on that indicator countries with a similar innovation structure are … grouped together. Similarity mainly refers to the innovation level of the countries, but also to their strengths and …

We analyse how countries' innovation outcomes are affected by national legislations of worker participation to … corporate governance. We develop a model of employee representation laws (ERL) and innovation in the presence of incomplete … labour contracts and predict heterogeneous ERL effects across different systems of dismissal regulation. We then perform a …

intellectual property rights and of offshoring costs on the rate of innovation and on the offshoring intensity. In chapter 4 I …

Non-technological innovation is an important element of firms? innovation activities that both supplement and … complement technological innovation, i.e. the introduction of new products and new processes. We analyse the spread of … nontechnological innovation in firms, their relation to technological innovation, and their effects to firm performance and success …

critical impact on the innovative capacity of a country. The social climate for innovation and the innovative capacity of a … country are multidimensional phenomena. They can be measured and assessed by the composite innovation indicator of the DIW … knowledge as well as trust in innovation actors support positive attitudes towards science and technology. In our sample of …

intellectual property rights and of offshoring costs on the rate of innovation and on the offshoring intensity. In chapter 4 I …

Key indicators show Germany belonging to the countries in the OECD with strong innovation activity even though some … technologies, such as ICT and biotechnology, as innovation activities continue to focus on sectors, such as machinery and …

The 'doing-using-interacting mode' of innovation (DUI) is considered an important component of innovative activity. It … describes informal innovative activities and complements the 'science-technology-innovation mode' (STI) which is based on … research and development. A common demarcation criterion between both modes of innovation is the relevance of experiencebased …