from research institutions. Using data from the German innovation survey we investigate how firms are able to exploit … knowledge from external partners for successful innovation activities. The estimation results show that the determinants of … absorptive capacity differ with respect to the type of knowledge absorbed for innovation activities. In particular we find that …

Competitors can be valuable sources and partners for innovation activities. Against the background of international …

regulation against the background of efficient innovation management in a timely manner should be improved. This might also be an …

resource-based view of the firm, we discuss implications for innovation and human resource management in SMEs. A review of the … literature and empirical studies show that a shortage of engineers is becoming on obstacle to innovation in German SMEs and …

The goal consisted in analyzing the innovation management process and the technology transfer between Industry … demand, innovation and the enterprises characteristics. …

The main question guiding this paper is ‘how are innovation laboratories a potential source of assistance for … businesses in undertaking innovation projects?' Because of the focused and case-based nature, the extant literature on innovation … laboratories falls insufficient in explaining the functional contributions of innovation laboratories towards a systematic …