Information is a critical resource in innovation processes. External information can be helpful in innovation processes … to complete them successfully. SMEs in particular are therefore advised to draw on consulting in innovation processes, as … view, the involvement of intermediaries in the innovation process is accompanied by the risk of losing specific knowledge …

. The government's arrangements for promoting innovation provide only a limited corrective here, not least because they are … technologieungebundenen Förderung für KMU, (4) Verbesserung des Wagniskapitalmarktes, (5) Einführung von Steuervergünstigungen für FuE, (6 …) eine Forschungsprämie, gegebenenfalls mit einer Bevorzugung von KMU, und schließlich (7) die Verbesserung der Governance …

Information and knowledge are important prerequisites for innovation activity in firms. One important means of … acquiring coplementary knowledge are innovation networks. Depending on their absortive capacity and knowledge base, firms … differences between manufacturing firms and business-related service firms. Using data from a regional innovation survey carried …