the Slovak Republic was analyzed. The study differentiates between product innovation and three different forms of process …

Almost 30 years ago, researchers began a systematic study of innovation by end users and user firms. At that time, the … phenomenon was generally regarded as a minor oddity. Today, it is clear that innovation by users, generally openly shared, is a … technologies. It is becoming both an important rival to and an important feedstock for producer-centered innovation in many fields …

Firms' search for external knowledge is one aspect of knowledge integration in the innovation process. The literature … has investigated innovation and the breadth of search in different information channels. We introduce the concept of … search balance reflecting the heterogeneity of a firm's knowledge base. Results from German Community Innovation Survey data …

, innovation and economic performance at the firm level. We posit that design investments may provide firms with a higher capacity … associated with a non-systematic resort to design, a higher innovation-based performance is coupled with an increasingly more …

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 …

R&D subsidies on the knowledge-sourcing process increase firms’ innovation outcomes, thus making this policy … intervention effective in promoting innovation. By using panel data from Spanish manufacturing firms, this article presents … Spain also favor more firm innovation, measured by patent applications and new product launches. It is also documented that …

, network bricolage, platform empowerment, and enterprise innovation, including both radical and incremental innovation. The … empirical results demonstrate that platform network ties can enhance enterprises' innovation performance. Furthermore, the … network ties and enterprises' innovation performance, while platform empowerment plays a moderating role. The study results …

(Ausbau der Infrastruktur, Sachkapitalförderung) inzwischen kaum mehr festzustellen. Forschung und Innovation sind hingegen …

costs. Research therefore repeatedly stressed the positive relationship between collaborative R&D and innovation performance … collaborative R&D projects in total R&D projects is associated with a higher probability of product innovation and with a higher … market success of new products. While we can confirm previous findings in terms of gains for innovation performance, we also …