The notion that the word Innovation has been excessively used in various contexts has been stated numerous times, still there is no study which empirically examines this issue. This paper addresses this research gap by utilizing a quantitative content analysis on almost 4 billion documents in...

Die Entstehung von Technologien und Industrien ist ein vielschichtiger und komplexer Prozess. Lebenszykluskonzepte, welche dem evolutorischen Grundgedanken entlehnt sind, versuchen Phasen und Muster der zeitlichen Entwicklung von Objekten nachzuzeichnen. Im vorliegenden Diskussionspapier soll...

A merger between two innovation competitors is often suspected to reduce the variety of heterogeneous entities which are currently undertaking R&D or which are well situated to undertake R&D in a certain field. The consequential reduction of "diversity" can be detrimental to innovation because...