In einem experimentell angelegten und vom renommierten Stifterverband für die deutsche Wissenschaft ausgezeichneten Projekt des Europa-Instituts für Erfahrung und Management – METIS der Rheinischen Fachhochschule Köln wurden erstmals in mehreren Pilotprojekten Top-Manager mit Schülerinnen...

Innovationen greifen immer häufiger auf verteilte Wissensbestände zurück, da Unternehmen nicht all die Kompetenzen intern bereithalten können, die für grundlegende Innovationen erforderlich sind. Eine zentrale Frage für den Erfolg von Innovationsprozessen ist daher, wie Unternehmen den...

Using a knowledge production framework and a rich set of plant level data this study demonstrates that in Germany firms that are active on international markets as exporters or foreign direct investors do generate more new knowledge than firms which sell on the national market only. These...

Entering host country networks of knowledge flows (new competencies, innovative technologies, and lead-market knowledge) is a major rationale of multinational firms for investing abroad. Foreign firms find it difficult to overcome cultural and social barriers which make their foreign engagements...

We focus on one of the core competitive capabilities of modern firms: the ability to deliver successful innovations in a globalized environment. Companies literally find themselves confronted with a world of ideas. The challenge remains to decide which impulses should be on top of the list and...

The innovation activities of foreign subsidiaries have been identified as an important source of competitive advantage for multinational corporations. The success of these engagements depends heavily on tapping host country pools of localized expertise. To achieve this foreign subsidiaries have...

International knowledge spillovers, especially through multinational companies (MNCs), have recently been a major topic of the academic and management discussion. However, most studies treat MNC subsidiaries as relatively passive actors without clear knowledge protection strategies. The goal of...