Innovation is regarded as a key driver of productivity and market growth and thus has a great potential for increasing … wealth. Surveying innovation activities of firms is an important contribution to a better understanding of the process of … innovation and how policy may intervene to maximise the social returns of private investment into innovation. Over the past three …

Innovation is regarded as a key driver of productivity and market growth and thus has a great potential for increasing … wealth. Surveying innovation activities of firms is an important contribution to a better understanding of the process of … innovation and how policy may intervene to maximise the social returns of private investment into innovation. Over the past three …

This paper investigates whether firms innovate persistently or discontinuously over time using an innovation panel data … set on German manufacturing and service firms for the period 1994-2002. We find that innovation behaviour is permanent at … innovation experience, the results further highlight the important role of knowledge provided by skilled employees and unobserved …

Innovation is regarded as a key driver of productivity and market growth and thus has a great potential for increasing … wealth. Surveying innovation activities of firms is an important contribution to a better understanding of the process of … innovation and how policy may intervene to maximise the social returns of private investment into innovation. Over the past three …

Jahre der deutsche Beitrag zu den Community Innovation Surveys (CIS) der Europäischen Kommission. Die hier dokumentierte …