How can we understand the innovativeness of firm or organizations in general, and how should we assess it in terms of nontechnological innovation? My paper deals with these two questions. The "ability" of companies to adapt to new circumstances, to create new products, processes and new...

The aim of this paper is to analyze the effects of technological opportunities on the innovation activities of firms, depending on their absorptive capacities. The importance and impacts of the ability of firms to use external knowledge sources were inquired especially for external knowledge...

In this paper the importance and the effects of technological opportunities, stemming from academic research, on the innovation activities of firms in the German automobile supplyindustry are investigated.

Vorliegendes Arbeitspapier untersucht die Kooperationsneigung der deutschen Automobilzulieferindustrie.