"Innovation is key to technology adoption and creation, and to explaining the vast differences in productivity across … and within countries. Despite the central role of the entrepreneur in the innovation process, data limitations have … restricted standard analysis of the determinants of innovation to consideration of the role of firm characteristics. The authors …

The research project "KompNet 2011 – Sucess factors of regional innovation networks", funded by the Federal Ministry of … Education and Research (BMBF), examines the innovation activities of small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) in and closely … strategic alignment. The innovation activities focus clearly on product innovation instead of process innovation. Furthermore …

; Innovationserfolg ; Marketinginnovation ; organisatorische Innovation ; Produktinnovation ; Prozessinnovation ; Umsatz …We examine the innovation success of predominant small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) in and closely around Jena … (Thuringia) by using the data sets of the research project "KompNet 2011 – Factors determining the success of regional innovation …

These proceedings highlight the key findings and public policy lessons that emerged from the Knowledge Economy Forum … contribute to accelerating the transition to an increasingly knowledge-based economy. …