Der Artikel faßt die Ergebnisse einer Erhebung über das Innovationsverhalten im Bereich von Produkten und Prozessen in 1305 Betrieben der Investitionsgüterindustrie zusammen, die vom Fraunhofer-Institut für Systemtechnik und Innovationsforschung (ISI), Karlsruhe, durchgeführt wurde....

In the suggested paper an attempt to combine two different aspects of innovative activity which are known as product and process innovations is made. The main objective of the paper is to demonstrate the importance of interdependence between these two types of innovative activity through means...

This paper examines the interaction between intellectual property protection and competition policy on the choice of entrepreneurs with respect to commercialization as well as the rate of innovation. We find that stronger intellectual property protection makes it more likely that entrepreneurs...