The technology transfer process between a public laboratory and a company has been the subject of many publications and has been widely discussed in economic theories. This article will highlight several new identified asymmetries occurring between the different actors being part of the...

This paper analyses the impact of public subsidies on private sector research and development (R&D) activity for East German firms. Using propensity score matching, our empirical results indicate that subsidized firms indeed show a higher level of R&D intensity and a higher probability for...

In economies that are led by innovation, innovativeness and competitiveness are interdependent. If an enterprise and/or economy is competitive in the market it will likely have a high level of innovation management, harmonized with EU standards. A variety of different methodologies is used to...

Drawing upon the framework of Sectoral Innovation Systems, this study explores the patterns of technological innovation among small and medium-sized wooden furniture manufacturers in Malaysia from two perspectives viz., sources of knowledge and technology and capability of forming linkages. The...

R&D consortia (collaborative R&D projects among private firms, universities, and public research institutes) have been attracting increasing attention as an effective means of promoting innovation. Especially for SMEs, such collaboration provides important opportunities to access and obtain...

The paper at hand contributes to the field of proximity studies with a focus on social proximity. The paper gives an in-depth discussion of a theoretical and empirical definition of social proximity. Based on this, an argumentation follows why social proximity is of particular importance when...

This paper analyses the impact of public subsidies on private sector research and development (R&D) activity for East German firms. Using propensity score matching, our empirical results indicate that subsidized firms indeed show a higher level of R&D intensity and a higher probability for...

Competitive advantage of the enterprise may come from different sources. Undoubtedly, the important factors determining it must include the information potential of the enterprise. The company, providing an innovative, distinctive product, uses, so called, bonus for newness. This allows to...

With deregulation and globalization, and the direct impact of these developments on economies worldwide, it is necessary for authorities in the People's Republic of China (PRC) to consider an approach that would further attune its economic engine toward sustained growth. This paper argues that...

Die vorliegende Studie befasst sich mit Führungskompetenzen für eine erfolgreiche Digitali-sierung. Auf der Basis von Interviews mit der Führungsebene von Unternehmen unterschied-licher Eigentümerstruktur, Branche, Größe und Digitalisierung konnten drei verschiedene Kompetenztypen...