This paper analyzes the role of regional characteristics on innovation persistency among firms. Using five waves of the … Community Innovation Survey in Sweden, we have traced the innovative behavior of firms over a ten-year period, i.e. between 2002 …

The firm is the central actor for the effectuation of innovation and technological change. The large industrial …

findings emphasize the role of a firm's absorptive capacity and its ICT competence in data-based innovation. It seems that … customer involvement in innovation process positively relates to the production of new data-based products and services. The … reported empirical findings further indicate that data-based product and service innovation tends to be rather strongly demand-driven. …

/methodology/approach - The hypothesis is that an increase in the level of outsourcing is related to a higher degree of innovation of hotel … of an enterprise is innovation that results in creating comparative advantage over competitors. Research limitations …

This paper examines the bidirectional causality between innovation and internationalization in the context of …, past internationalization has a positive effect on process innovation, but past process innovation does not have a … process innovation and the internationalization decision. Our results, however, do not show dynamic interdependence between …

stimulate development of industry, and induce growth in research and investment. The key element that helps a company achieve a … competitive advantage is innovation. Global competition forces the production of unique products and services. Tax incentives in … science, research and development are important in stimulating innovation. The purpose of this article is to show the level of …

In recent decades firms have intensified the exploration of external sources of knowledge to enhance their innovation …

conditions in the context of other framework conditions for innovation. In Germany, there is a diversity of overall well …-funded technology-neutral and technology-specific programs providing grants to R&D and innovation projects. Different types of SMEs … access public funding for R&D and innovation activities to varying degrees. Using an extensive sample of 2,700 German SMEs …

manufacturing sector of South Korea. Firms' behavior is defined according to empirical findings on the Korean Innovation Survey 2005 …' likelihood to participate in cooperation with other organizations when conducting innovation activities. These determinants are … cooperation in innovation. The findings indicate possible appropriate (or non-appropriate) policy strategies to be applied …