We examine the links between innovation investment, innovation output and productivity in service enterprises. For this … purpose, we use micro data from the Community Innovation Surveys 2006-2008 in Germany, Ireland, and the United Kingdom and … estimate an augmented structural model which links innovation inputs, innovation outputs and productivity. Our estimates …

This paper investigates whether firms innovate persistently or discontinuously over time using an innovation panel data … set on German manufacturing and service firms for the period 1994–2002. It turns out that innovation behaviour is … results show that past innovation experience is an important determinant for manufacturing as well as for service sector firms …