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...

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,...

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...

Um zu wachsen und erfolgreich zu sein, setzt ein erheblicher Teil der neu gegründeten Unternehmen aus Mittelstand und Handwerk statt auf Forschung und Entwicklung (F&E) auf andere Arten des Lernens und Innovierens. Die vorliegende Untersuchung zur wirtschaftlichen Performance unterschiedlicher...

Previous studies have established that young innovative companies (YICs), characterized by high levels of in-house research and development (R&D), exhibit a pronounced growth premium at the upper end of the conditional growth distribution and are therefore of particular interest to policymakers....

The literature has established that young firms engaged in R&D exhibit a pronounced asymmetry in their economic performance, with high premia at the upper end of the conditional growth distribution. We argue that this binary view - i.e., R&D-oriented firms versus all others - is somewhat...