collaboration and the average service firm's innovation output …

their ability to convert local academic research into local commercial innovation. We develop and test the hypothesis that … the presence of a large, local, R&D-intensive firm—an anchor tenant—enhances the regional innovation system such that …

hierarchical levels. In many SMEs, however, such formal mechanisms are complemented or even replaced by informal social networks … among managers and employees. Despite the relevance of intraorganizational networks, past research on SMEs, however, was … focused mainly on the interorganizational level of analysis. To cover this gap, we map ego networks of senior managers in SMEs …

imitate instead of concurrently investing in innovation, which alleviates competitive pressure. In contrast with the classical …

. Importantly, the theoretical model captures the strategic behavior between competing firms, its effect on their innovation …

. -- Innovationskooperation ; Wissenstransfer ; Kooperationspartner ; Transferkanal ; Innovation ; KMU …The research project "KompNet 2011 - Factors determining the success of regional innovation networks", funded by the … partners in innovation projects, nevertheless in-house development is the most important form of creating innovative products …

innovation has been the main research target for SMEs who want to grow faster when they have a possible network with other …This study aims to figure out the relationship between the theory of open innovation and organizational proximity. Open … U-shape relationship between both the breadth and depth of external knowledge and innovation performance, and that …

of 72 exploratory interviews with small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and regional innovation consultants, this …-by-doing, -using and -interacting) modes of innovation. We show that SMEs integrate STI-based knowledge into DUI-routines through … effects on firms' combination of innovation modes. Our findings point out innovation drivers that facilitate SMEs' capacity to …

knowledge, know-what and know-why. Based upon 81 in-depth interviews with German SMEs and regional innovation consultants, this … work focuses on the role of experience-based know-how for SMEs innovations within different modes of innovation. Experience …-based know-how is found to be important for all modes of innovation, regardless of an SMEs mode of innovation. Results from …

innovation in small and mediumsized enterprises (SMEs) are on average quite weak. If at all, a training firm's initial VET …' participation in initial VET and their innovation outcomes. Our results show that the direct effects of initial VET on technological … activities are associated with production innovation activities and not with process innovation. Larger effects can only be …