Despite the increasing global integration of economic activities, technological specialisations of national innovation … systems and comparative strengths associated thereby only change slowly. Germany and Japan, whose innovation systems similarly …. This originates from the path-dependent development of innovation systems and resultant complementary institutional …

The massive economic crisis 2008/09 had substantial impacts on the innovation activities of the German economy. The … loss in sales and profits resulted in a sharp decline of innovation expenditure. While capital expenditure for new products … and improved processes were cut substantially, R&D budgets basically remained unchanged. Firms with innovation and R …

Analysen mit innovationspolitischer Relevanz sind zum Beispiel der Einfluss von Innovation auf Beschäftigung und Produktivität …The Mannheim Innovation Panel (MIP), a large scale survey on innovation activities of German firms, is a high … of innovation on productivity and employment or the evaluation of public programs for R&D and innovation. The article …

The innovation indicator Germany determines the relative positions of 17 highly developed economies in an international … comparison regarding their innovation capability. Basing on that indicator countries with a similar innovation structure are … grouped together. Similarity mainly refers to the innovation level of the countries, but also to their strengths and …

critical impact on the innovative capacity of a country. The social climate for innovation and the innovative capacity of a … country are multidimensional phenomena. They can be measured and assessed by the composite innovation indicator of the DIW … knowledge as well as trust in innovation actors support positive attitudes towards science and technology. In our sample of …