While the user-innovation literature has considered firms as potential user-innovators, little is known about the … which we refer to as employee-users. We investigate the innovation proposals made by employee-user to an idea management … knowledge, this study is the first to bridge the idea management and user innovation literatures and to directly examine broader …

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

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 …

This paper explores the drivers of inter-firm R&D collaborations in a particular type of innovation network, the … technological districts created in Italy under a specific public policy to promote innovation. The empirical analysis used an … important to enhance the innovation capabilities of small firms and their performance. …

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 …

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 …