The efficiency of the German economy is powered by its knowledge-intensive industrial and services sectors. Yet the use … of knowledge capital to drive innovation and productivity in Germany is rather low compared to other European countries … industrial sector, where German businesses are not using knowledge capital to an above-average extent. Moreover, the level of …

This empirical paper explores knowledge outflow from MNC subsidiaries and its impact on the MNC performance. We develop … and test hypotheses derived from literature on MNC knowledge flows integrated with the perspective of knowledge … dataset encompassing a German MNC, HeidelbergCement. Enablers and impediments of knowledge outflows are assessed in order to …

This article investigates the geographical location of workers in jobs with high-knowledge requirements in the German … knowledge information for different jobs that comes from the US Department of Labor. We make use of the regional information … inherent to the GSOEP that can be accessed only through a special user contract. High-knowledge employment is differently …

Aiming at fostering the transition towards a sustainable knowledge-based Bioeconomy (SKBBE), the German Federal …. To analyse whether this policy intervention actually fosters cooperation and knowledge transfer as intended, researchers … the last 30 years and how this development can be assessed from a knowledge diffusion point of view. This study shows that …