Information is a critical resource in innovation processes. External information can be helpful in innovation processes … to complete them successfully. SMEs in particular are therefore advised to draw on consulting in innovation processes, as … view, the involvement of intermediaries in the innovation process is accompanied by the risk of losing specific knowledge …

purpose, we use micro data from the Community Innovation Surveys 2006-2008 in Germany, Ireland, and the United Kingdom and … Germany and the United Kingdom), foreign ownership (Ireland), exporting and engagement in co-operation for innovation …We examine the links between innovation investment, innovation output and productivity in service enterprises. For this …

how policy mixes affect technological innovation remains poorly understood. To remedy this, in this study we choose a … qualitative company case study approach to analyze the innovation impact of the elements of a policy mix - its policy strategy and … instrument mix - and their consistency. Taking offshore wind in Germany as research case, we find that the German offshore wind …

The effect of collective bargaining on innovation has long been in dispute. At the level of theory, the hold-up problem … representative data for Germany - for many observers the exemplar of a cooperative industrial relations regime - to investigate the … impact of collective bargaining on (several measures of) process innovation and product innovation. Our cross section and …

generalists and specialists to possess skill variety. Third, we test our model empirically using data from Germany and the … that being a generalist does not seem to be important in this regard. Finally, we find that innovation positively moderates …

generalists and specialists to possess skill variety. Third, we test our model empirically using data from Germany and the … being a generalist does not seem to be important in this regard. Finally, we find that innovation positively moderates the …