innovation while the mere size of the universities is unimportant. Differences in the effect on innovative output can be found … stellt sich heraus, dass von der Qualität der in den Universitäten und Fachhochschulen betriebenen Forschung ein …

subject of this study is an econometric analysis of the effects of innovation on firm performance. The main data source for … this analysis is the Ifo Innovation Survey, which has provided yearly, firm-level data on innovation since 1982. Following … two introductory chapters on innovation, the data set is introduced and explained in detail. Subsequent chapters analyze …