variables the motives for innovation expenditures are also taken into account. We differentiate between firms which intend to …

the innovation process. Markets with high competition also force enterprises to produce imitative innovations but give …

Inter-departmental innovation collaboration facilitates innovation performance. At the same time, it has been … tests hypotheses on the costs and benefits of innovation-related collaboration within firms. Based on a sample of 433 German … manufacturing firms we show inter-departmental innovation collaboration to increase process innovation performance, but also to …

CEOs, managers and non-managerial employees' ideas enhances small firms' innovation performance. A Heckman selection model … innovation performance. However, contributions depend heavily on the individuals' area of expertise and on whether product or … process innovation is desired. Our findings enrich the current view on the entrepreneurial team, but also warn against the …

A good framework for investment in innovation can contribute to increasing Chile’s growth potential. Spending on R&D is … currently low in relation to GDP and heavily reliant on government financing. Innovation activity in the business sector is also … mining tax introduced in May 2005, and to create a National Innovation Council. The effectiveness of these measures will …

The Hungarian government has recently been focusing on innovation policy as part of a wider campaign to improve the … and informal R&D activity as well as ensuring Hungary benefits from the international diffusion of innovation. In … examining specific innovation policies, the new National Innovation System is described and an assessment is made of the …