Although it retains a central position in the main theories of innovation, there are few studies that examine the factors that provide inducements for process innovation at the firm level. Using a large scale survey of UK manufacturing firms, we explore different explanations for why firms...

The relationship between the extent that Dutch manufacturing firms access sources of information and codified knowledge is explored, as well as their innovative behavior. The analysis involves three steps: (1) an evaluation of how frequently sources of codified knowledge are used in...