his paper discusses the incentives for innovation when liability is limited or not. Clearly innovative activity … Innovation Panel" of the Center for European Economic Research from the years 1995 and 1996. We use only small and medium sized …

The massive economic crisis 2008/09 had substantial impacts on the innovation activities of the German economy. The … loss in sales and profits resulted in a sharp decline of innovation expenditure. While capital expenditure for new products … and improved processes were cut substantially, R&D budgets basically remained unchanged. Firms with innovation and R …

The massive economic crisis 2008/09 had substantial impacts on the innovation activities of the German economy. The … loss in sales and profits resulted in a sharp decline of innovation expenditure. While capital expenditure for new products … and improved processes were cut substantially, R&D budgets basically remained unchanged. Firms with innovation and R …

market (innovation). It turns out that spillovers from rivals lead to more imitation, while input from customers and research … institutions enhance original innovation. …

The massive economic crisis 2008/09 had substantial impacts on the innovation activities of the German economy. The … loss in sales and profits resulted in a sharp decline of innovation expenditure. While capital expenditure for new products … and improved processes were cut substantially, R&D budgets basically remained unchanged. Firms with innovation and R …

Summary This paper discusses the incentives for innovation when liability is limited or not. Clearly innovative … Innovation Panel" of the Center for European Economic Research from the years 1995 and 1996. We use only small and medium sized …