Innovation projects are "partitioned" into smaller tasks. Precisely where the boundaries between such tasks are placed can affect project outcome and the efficiency of task performance due to associated changes in the problem-solvinginterdependence among tasks....

Dieser Beitrag befaßt sich mit einer betriebswirtschaftlichen und (auch sonst) sozialwissenschaftlichenEntdeckung, die den Namen Hawthorne-Effekt trägt. Sie wird hier neu betrachtetmit Blick auf die Herstellung dessen, was gemessen werden soll, durch das Messen selbst: dieWirklichkeit. Ob...

How can we understand the innovativeness of firm or organizations in general, and how should we assess it in terms of nontechnological innovation? My paper deals with these two questions. The "ability" of companies to adapt to new circumstances, to create new products, processes and new...

Welche Rolle spielen Innovationen für den Bestand und den Erfolg von Unternehmen in einerWettbewerbswirtschaft? Das ist wohl die grundlegendste Frage, die sich die Managementwissenschaftin Bezug auf Strategien der Neuerung stellt. Vielfach begnügt sie sich mitder Antwort, daß die Bedeutung...

In this paper we analyse the effect of R&D co-operation on firms´ innovationperformance. We investigate the effect of past co-operation on current sales ofinnovative products, distinguishing between products new to the firm and new tothe market, and on cost reductions due to innovative...

Regional agglomerations or clusters of specialised firms and other organisations, in particular industries, have beenaround for centuries and have been a subject of research for decades (for an overview see Porter 1998a: 206-208;Enright 1998, 2003). Obviously, this is true for traditional...

Government policy emphasises five ‘drivers’ of productivity: competition, enterprise, innovation, investment and skillsand each of these has been the subject of major programmes of reform (HM Treasury, 2006). Despite this, andnotwithstanding some improvement, UK productivity in terms of output...

This paper reviews the emergence and evolution of major topics in economics of innovation. Throughout the paper, particular attention is devoted to the analysis of the cumulative aspects and complementarities between different paths of research over time. Moreover, this survey highlights the...