This paper aims to shed light on firm specific drivers that lead firms to internationalise their innovation activities …’s competitive environment and the influence of innovation obstacles in the home country. In particular, the role of the potential … used to observe their impact on the decision to locate innovation activities in various countries and regions (China …

Produktneuheiten; Investition in neue Verfahren; Verkauf neuer Produkte. Für Unternehmen, die in Deutschland Innovationsaktivitäten … aus Deutschland sind auch im Ausland innovativ tätig. Während 14 % ausschließlich über den Verkauf von Produktneuheiten an … Investitionen in neue Verfahren finden seltener an Auslandsstandorten statt. Von allen Unternehmen mit FuEAktivitäten in Deutschland …

Recent years have shown a surge of firms globalising their innovation activities in order to gain from international … stronger dispersed international R&D activities hamper or stimulate innovation. Second, we employ two well-established market …-based indicators for innovation (introduction of and sales growth rates due to new products) instead of looking at inventions (patents …

This paper investigates the drivers and the effects of the internationalisation of innovation activities in SMEs based … on a large data set of German firms covering the period 2002-2007. We look at different stages of the innovation process … resources, home market competition and innovationrelated location advantages for an SME's decision to engage in innovation …