In this paper we analyze the conditions under which firms decide to offshore innovation. We consider the role of … technological change. Using unique data from the German Innovation Survey we find that while high speed of technological change … tends to drive innovation offshoring, high uncertainty about future technology developments results in more innovation …

In this paper we analyze the conditions under which firms decide to offshore innovation. We consider the role of … technological change. Using unique data from the German Innovation Survey we find that while high speed of technological change … tends to drive innovation offshoring, high uncertainty about future technology developments results in more innovation …

Skilled labor is a key input to the innovation process. A shortage in supply of skilled labor may hence impede … innovation activities, resulting in lower productivity gains. While governments are concerned about these likely negative impacts …, there is only limited empirical evidence whether and to what extent labor shortage affects innovation activities. The paper …

This paper aims to shed light on the role of technological opportunities for green innovation by studying the case of … Green ICT innovation. We test two hypotheses: (1) Firms active in low-opportunity technological areas are less innovative … Office with firm-level data from the German Innovation Panel (Mannheim Innovation Panel). The results are based on dynamic …

Non-technological innovation is an important element of firms' innovation activities that both supplement and … complement technological innovation, i.e. the introduction of new products and new processes. We analyse the spread of … nontechnological innovation in firms, their relation to technological innovation, and their effects to firm performance and success …

energy technologies, in particular renewable power and energy storage. This paper adopts the classical learning … first examine the learning curves for solar photovoltaic modules, wind turbines and electrolyzers. These estimates then ….e., electricity from solar and wind power as well as hydrogen. Our calculations point to significant and sustained learning curves …

textual content and the hyperlinks among them. Using text-based machine learning models, we show that this Digital Layer can … classifying the nature of the firms' relationships (business vs. non-business) using a text-based machine learning classification … within the Digital Layer. The firm-level innovation indicators in this study come from traditional sources (survey and patent …