point of this book. It is often overlooked that many of the current innovation activities are linked to developments inside … and empirical research in this area, ""Innovation in Low-tech Firms and Industries"" will be of great interest to … postgraduate students and academic researchers in innovation studies. It will also appeal to policy makers in the field of …

Innovation activities in high technology industries provide considerable challenges for technology and innovation … innovation-related firm characteristics. The paper confirms a substitutive relationship between acquisitions and own research … geographical origin of the firm matter for acquisition behaviour. -- Acquisition ; innovation ; high technology ; quantitative …

This collection investigates the phenomenon of ""Open Innovation,"", in which firms draw on research and development … that may lie outside their own boundaries. The book's contributors link the practice of innovation to the established body … of innovation rsearch, showing what's new and what's familiar in the process. Looking in depth at a process recently …