how knowledge management influences the innovation performance of a firm. While former studies mainly focused on knowledge … techniques on product and process innovation. More specifically, if a firm wants to reduce costs, it is more valuable to invest … important for a firm to carefully select the techniques of knowledge management depending on the goals in its innovation …

Knowledge spillovers to competitors are regarded as an important aspect of the innovation process. While a company …

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 …

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 …

Established firms often face significant obstacles to innovation. As a solution, it has been suggested to form … monitored by their corporate sponsors, resulting in less favorable conditions for radical innovation …

as reduced remuneration and job loss. However, managers might over-invest into innovation for reasons of growth implying … their own interests. When entrenched, managers do not fear detrimental effects of risky innovation projects on their career …, and hence tend to over-invest into innovation …

context of open innovation amongst scholars, policy makers and business leaders who have recognized the pronounced role of … external knowledge flows within the innovation system. Several studies have already dealt with the impact of design on general … company performance or innovation outcome. They, however, did not specifically link design to collaborative or externally …