The massive economic crisis 2008/09 had substantial impacts on the innovation activities of the German economy. The … loss in sales and profits resulted in a sharp decline of innovation expenditure. While capital expenditure for new products … and improved processes were cut substantially, R&D budgets basically remained unchanged. Firms with innovation and R …

in product and process innovation for Spanish manufacturing firms in the period 1990–2010. The authors find past and path … dependence and confirm the important effect of R&D effort in both types of innovation. Nevertheless, for product innovation, the … process innovation. …

demographic change on innovation, captured on corporate and regional level, this means the relationship between diversity and … innovation variables is examined in a micro-economic and a macro-economic approach. The aim is to summarize and to highlight …

The innovation policy of the new German government is at the threshold between the traditional and the transformative …. In addition to company-oriented measures, current innovation policy in Germany is characterised above all by its …. The focus is on reorienting knowledge transfer for societal transitions. Against this background, the innovation policy …

Background: Firms increasingly depend on external actors for the process of generating innovation. Interaction with …. Objectives: Although open innovation has received more attention, still less is known about its effect on organizational … innovation. To fill this gap, this study investigates the impact of various external knowledge sources on the willingness of …

Using the Mannheim Innovation Panel, we explore whether Environmental Innovator Firms (EIFs) have higher financial … subsidies might mitigate the financial restrictions of environmental innovation. …