This paper studies the impact of innovation on the organizational structure. The theoretical framework predicts that a … delayed. Employing data on German firms investing in Eastern Europe finds empirical evidence for the theoretical predictions …

Hidden Champions (HCs) are firms unknown to the wider public, but global leaders in the niche markets they serve. This … paper looks at distinctive features of these firms, focusing on their dynamic capabilities. Employing a unique data base on … German firms, we identify a representative sample of German HCs. Based on a matching technique, we examine differences to …

Hidden Champions (HCs) are firms unknown to the wider public, but global leaders in the niche markets they serve. This … paper looks at distinctive features of these firms, focusing on their dynamic capabilities. Employing a unique data base on … German firms, we identify a representative sample of German HCs. Based on a matching technique, we examine differences to …

This paper studies the impact of innovation on the organizational structure. The theoretical framework predicts that a … delayed. Employing data on German firms investing in Eastern Europe finds empirical evidence for the theoretical predictions …

This paper aims to shed light on firm specific drivers that lead firms to internationalise their innovation activities …. The paper draws a comprehensive picture of driving forces by including firm capabilities, characteristics of the firm’s … competitive environment and the influence of innovation obstacles in the home country. In particular, the role of the potential …

distributed globally. Firms' innovation activities which are carried out abroad comprise either the localization of uniform … paper is to show how internal firm capabilities as well as external forces from the firm’s business and national innovation … has a limited influence or even hinders firms to internationalise their innovation activities. For the effect of the …

on a large data set of German firms covering the period 2002-2007. We look at different stages of the innovation process … activities abroad. By linking international innovation activities to firm growth in the home market we try to identify likely …This paper investigates the drivers and the effects of the internationalisation of innovation activities in SMEs based …

evidence that not only did many new firms obtain funding from the Neuer Markt, but that for the first time in recent history …, Germany succeeded in enabling smaller firms to grow faster than larger firms. This suggests that the new policies were not … only successful in promoting a new type of firm that otherwise might not exist, but in transforming the sources of growth …

evidence that not only did many new firms obtain funding from the Neuer Markt, but that for the first time in recent history …, Germany succeeded in enabling smaller firms to grow faster than larger firms. This suggests that the new policies were not … only successful in promoting a new type of firm that otherwise might not exist, but in transforming the sources of growth …