or output of a knowledge production function. We suggest that the productivity of research in patent production functions … to patentable knowledge, and development happens after the initial research phase that may have led to a patent. Instead … of using data on R&D, we separate the knowledge creating process into 'R' and 'D'. This data stems from R&D surveys of …

knowledge through the U.S. Small Business Innovation Research Program. Our conceptual framework assumes the nature of an …

The creation of spinoff companies is often promoted as a desirable mechanism for transferring knowledge and …

how knowledge management influences the innovation performance of a firm. While former studies mainly focused on knowledge … important for a firm to carefully select the techniques of knowledge management depending on the goals in its innovation … factors influencing the economic growth of a company. In the last decades, the awareness of knowledge as an important driver …

’ innovation activities. Employing data from a representative sample of German firms, we find consistently with real options theory … that negatively affected firms substantially reduced R&D and other innovation expenditures not only in the first year of … the pandemic (2020), but also in the two subsequent years indicating ’Long–Covid’ effects on innovation. Furthermore …

Knowledge spillovers to competitors are regarded as an important aspect of the innovation process. While a company … leakage of knowledge in an industry will negatively affect profitability. This paper presents the results of an empirical …

innovation, i.e. weakly controlled managers show a higher innovation propensity. However, the higher the leverage the more …

This study investigates how local milieus foster innovation success of firms. We complement the common practice of … availability of highly skilled labor and the proximity to suppliers matters for firms' innovation performance. Interestingly …, location factors obtained from the survey provide a more accurate explanation on how local milieus facilitate innovation …