In October 2013, the European Commission presented a new indicator intended to capture innovation outputs and outcomes and thereby "support policy-makers in establishing new or reinforced actions to remove bottlenecks that prevent innovators from translating ideas into products and services that...

In October 2013, the European Commission presented a new indicator intended to capture innovation outputs and outcomes and thereby "support policy-makers in establishing new or reinforced actions to remove bottlenecks that prevent innovators from translating ideas into products and services that...

This paper focuses on the systems-of-innovation (SI) approach and its policy implications. It introduces the topic by briefly reviewing the emergence, development, and diffusion of this approach and, then, spells out the constituents, activities, and boundaries of the SI approach. On this basis,...

Innovationen werden meist als das Ergebnis von systematischer Forschung und Entwicklung (FuE) betrachtet. Gleichwohl betreibt über die Hälfte der Innovatoren in Deutschland keine eigene FuE.Die Arbeit untersucht, mit welchen Strategien diese Unternehmen erfolgreich Neuerungen einführen und...

Insgesamt gab es in Deutschland im Jahr 2008 über 72.000 Innovatoren ohne eigene FuE. Ihnen standen rund 54.000 forschende Innovatoren gegenüber. Gemessen an der Gesamtzahl von ca. 270.000 wirtschaftsaktiven Unternehmen im Jahr 2008 machen die Innovatoren ohne eigene FuE somit rund 27 % des...

Increasing investment in innovation has been a major goal of research and innovation policy in Europe over the past decade. Yet to secure competitive advantage and achieve growth, R&D investment has to be translated into successful innovations, and this is first and foremost the task of firms....