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Firm R&D investment and export market exposure
Peters, Bettina; Roberts, Mark J.; Vuong, Van Anh - 2018
product and process innovation among exporting firms and these innovations have a larger impact on productivity improvement in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011932163
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Mapping innovative clusters in national innovation systems
Spielkamp, Alfred; Vopel, Katrin - 1998
In the following paragraphs we will discuss the "mapping of innovative clusters in national innovation systems". For … Innovation Survey (which is comparable with CIS data). The Community Innovation Survey (CIS) is an initiative of the EU … innovation systems, highlight the outline conditions for innovations in Germany, focusing above all on the basis of innovations …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011442326
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Industrial research versus development investment : the implications of financial constraints
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Hottenrott, Hanna; Thorwarth, Susanne - 2009
recipients' investment is less sensitive to internal liquidity. -- Research and development ; liquidity constraints ; innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003881344
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The design paradox : the contribution of in-house and external design activities on product market performance
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Thorwarth, Susanne - 2009
developments at the firm level, the topic of design innovation has not been linked to the open innovation concept yet. In this … Innovation ; Product Market Performance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003893121
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Why Firms Form Research Joint Ventures: Theory and Evidence
Röller, Lars-Hendrik; Siebert, Ralph; Tombak, Mihkel - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997
The literature on research joint ventures (RJVs) has emphasized internalizing spillovers and cost-sharing as motives for RJV formation. In this paper we develop two additional explanations: product market complementarities and firm heterogeneity. We analyse a model of RJVs with asymmetric firms...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005662169
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Motivation and Sorting in Open Source Software Innovation
Belenzon, Sharon; Schankerman, Mark - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
innovation. We exploit the observed pattern of contributions - the 'revealed preference' of developers - to infer the underlying …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005789146
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The power of individual-level drivers of inventive performance
Zwick, Thomas; Frosch, Katharina; Hoisl, Karin; … - 2015
Based on an established theoretical framework of the drivers of inventive performance, the so-called KSAO (Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Other) factors, this paper seeks to explain empirically the performance of inventors throughout their careers. We combine survey information spanning the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011381965
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Costs and benefits of inter-departmental innovation collaboration
Cuijpers, Maarten; Guenter, Hannes; Hussinger, Katrin - 2011
Inter-departmental innovation collaboration facilitates innovation performance. At the same time, it has been … tests hypotheses on the costs and benefits of innovation-related collaboration within firms. Based on a sample of 433 German … manufacturing firms we show inter-departmental innovation collaboration to increase process innovation performance, but also to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008901576
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Agglomeration and the Location of Innovative Activity
Audretsch, David B - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998
Only a few years ago the conventional wisdom predicted that globalization would render the demise of the region as a meaningful unit of economic analysis. Yet the obsession of policy-makers around the globe to 'create the next Silicon Valley' reveals the increased importance of geographic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005661735
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Innovation in Cities: Science-Based Diversity, Specialization and Localized Competition
Audretsch, David B; Feldman, Maryann P - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998
effect of the composition of economic activity on innovation. We test whether the specialization of economic activity within … together complementary activities, better promotes innovation. The evidence provides considerable support for the diversity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005662217