and development (R&D) - their innovation goals in the medium term. However, the shortage of skilled workers turns out to … be a hindering factor in the innovation process . By contrast, most ICT companies have not been sufficiently suc …-cessful at winning other firms to build R&D co-operations to overcome hurdles to innovation. …

development of these countries. This paper aims to show the differences in innovation patterns among manufacturing firms operating … into account innovation inputs, cooperation among firms in R&D activities, the benefits of cooperation with business … partners, innovation outputs and international competitiveness. The sample consisted of 358 firms operating in both low and …

This paper investigates the differences in innovation behaviour, i.e. differences in innovation sources and innovation … into account: innovation inputs in enterprises, cooperation among firms in R&D activities, the benefits of cooperation with … business partners and innovation effects (innovation outputs and international competitiveness of firms' products and …

spite of a wave of crises and recessions in the late 1990s and early 2000s). Privatization has made a great deal of progress … somewhat. One of the main lessons for privatization policy makers in MENA countries from the experience in other regions is …

The impact of innovation on firm performance has been a matter of significant interest to economists and policy makers … for decades. Although innovation is generally regarded as a means of improving the competitiveness of firms and their … increased productivity. Therefore, in recent years, the relationship between innovation and firm performance has been modelled …

The aim of this paper is to broaden the knowledge concerning the development of Finnish firms’ innovation activities … results suggest that Finnish firms invest approximately Eur 1.8 billion in innovation activities outside the traditional R …

This paper investigates the barriers to innovation perceived by Polish manufacturing firms. It refers to the … heterogeneity of innovation active firms. We introduce a taxonomy of innovative firms based on the frequency with which they … introduce commercialised innovations using data from both CIS4 (for 2002-2004) and CIS5 (2004-2006). Two groups of innovation …

geprägt. Zentrales Element ist der Wissensaustausch, der die Umsetzung einer Innovation erst ermöglicht. Die dabei generierten …, functionalities and challenges of this joint innovation develop-ment. These processes often start with resource constraints or …-tral element in this context is knowledge exchange, which is what makes the implementation of an innovation possible. The resulting …

replaced by other activities within the innovation process. We find that for realizing product innovations RnD is the most … important factor. Thereby the role of RnD is higher the more radical an innovation is. In contrast, process and non …