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...

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...

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....