crowding out. Our findings suggest that rewards can improve innovation and creativity, and that there may be a tradeoff between …

The positive impact of socio-cultural diversity on innovation and economic prosperity has been widely discussed. Yet … findings indicate a disparity between East and West Germany, reflecting the path-dependent nature of historical events. This …

Do higher wages lead to more automation innovation? To answer this question, we first use the frequency of certain … keywords in patent text to create a new measure of automation innovation in machinery. We show that our measure is correlated …-level panel analysis, we find that an increase in low-skill wages leads to more automation innovation with an elasticity between 2 …

systematic evidence of a deep imprinting effect in the context of Roman rule in the south-western part of Germany nearly 2 …,000 years ago. Our analysis reveals that regions in the former Roman part of Germany show a stronger entrepreneurship and … innovation culture today, evident by higher levels of quantity and quality entrepreneurship and innovation. The data indicate …

The aim of this study is to clarify what factors affect the innovation activity of small and medium-sized enterprises … differences in innovation activities. Many studies show remarkable differences between branches. Additionally, the resources of … firms give an unequal starting point for innovation activities. Our study observed that the differences between regions were …