This paper introduces the evolving understanding and conceptualization of innovation process models. We categorize the … different approaches to understand and model innovation processes into two types. First, the so-called innovation management … approach focuses on the evolution of corporate innovation management strategies in different social and economic environments …

In this paper we analyze the conditions under which firms decide to offshore innovation. We consider the role of … technological change. Using unique data from the German Innovation Survey we find that while high speed of technological change … tends to drive innovation offshoring, high uncertainty about future technology developments results in more innovation …

economic prospects, firms had to cut costs and reconsider their business strategies. With respect to innovation, cost cutting … often means to stop or underresource innovation projects which may harm a firm's long-term competitiveness. Firms may … therefore refrain from reducing innovation budgets during crises but rather deliberately allocate more resources to innovation …

Innovation processes within corporations increasingly tap into international technology sources, yet little is known … about the relative contribution of different types of innovation channels. We investigate the effectiveness of different …

We find that institutional ownership in publicly traded companies is associated with more innovation (measured by cite …, policy changes and disaggregating by type of owner we find that the effect of institutions on innovation does not appear to … be due to endogenous selection. -- Career Concerns ; Innovation ; Institutional Ownership ; Productivity and R&D …

This paper deals with the topic of related R&D and innovation strategies of large firms. We ask what determines the …

This study explores the relationship between energy and material efficiency innovations (EMEIs) and innovation … partners. The empirical analysis is based on data of European manufacturing firms obtained from the fourth Community Innovation … Survey. Our results suggest that EMEIs are related to process innovation strategies. Firms which let mainly develop their …

Innovation processes within corporations increasingly tap into international technology sources, yet little is known … about the relative contribution of different types of innovation channels. We investigate the effectiveness of different …-how. -- technology sourcing ; knowledge spillovers ; productivity ; open innovation …

There is growing evidence that firms increasingly adopt open innovation practices. In this paper we investigate the … impact of two such external knowledge acquisition strategies, "buy" and "cooperate", on firm's product innovation performance … while both "buy" and "cooperate" have a positive effect on innovation, there is little statistical evidence that using them …