Auf Basis einer ZDH-Sonderumfrage im Sommer 2021 analysiert die vorliegende ifh-Studie den Strukturwandel im Zuliefererhandwerk [...] Übergreifend zeigt sich ein heterogenes Bild der aktuellen Strukturwandelprozesse im Zuliefererhandwerk, dem mit differenzierter Unterstützung der...

This paper contributes to the new literature on the role of personality for regional innovativeness by examining whether this role varies between different types of regions. Building on regionally aggregated levels of individual Big Five personality traits, we find that only extraversion has a...

Previous studies have found that generalized trust positively affects innovation at the country and regional level. We extend this literature by arguing that there are four reasons to believe that the trust-innovation relationship is heterogeneous across geographic space. First, there is a...

Generalized trust within regions represents an important firm resource. We provide empirical evidence on the impact of trust among people in regions on innovation using two distinct data sets. The first one contains firm-level data and is used to analyze how trust affects firm-level innovation...

Auf Basis einer ZDH-Sonderumfrage im Sommer 2021 analysiert die vorliegende ifh-Studie den Strukturwandel im Zuliefererhandwerk [...] Übergreifend zeigt sich ein heterogenes Bild der aktuellen Strukturwandelprozesse im Zuliefererhandwerk, dem mit differenzierter Unterstützung der...

The DUI (learning by doing-using-interacting) mode offers a promising theoretical framework to explain why many small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are successful in innovation without research and development (R&D) efforts. In this context, we argue that - because of the informal,...

The Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship (KSTE) considers determinants of knowledge diffusion as well as their impact on entrepreneurial activities and growth. Extending the KSTE, the role of incumbent firms for the broad diffusion of new knowledge has been emphasized. For those firms,...

Previous research has established that certain personality traits represent predictors of start-up activity. We argue that similar cognitive processes that affect entrepreneurship also play a role in firm-level innovativeness. For example, open-ness to novelty can be regarded as a key component...

In order to better capture non-R&D based processes related to Learning by Doing, Using and Interacting (DUI) as a basis for policy advice, this paper empirically identifies DUI mode drivers of SME innovation. For the first time, a large set of conceptually derived indicators is used in a...