The innovation activities of foreign subsidiaries have been identified as an important source of competitive advantage … foreignness). We derive potential stumbling blocks in the innovation process theoretically and argue that these materialize as … innovation activities in Germany from various sectors. We find that foreign-controlled firms are not challenged by liability of …

the innovation process. Markets with high competition also force enterprises to produce imitative innovations but give …

The innovation activities of foreign subsidiaries have been identified as an important source of competitive advantage … foreignness). We derive potential stumbling blocks in the innovation process theoretically and argue that these materialize as … innovation activities in Germany from various sectors. We find that foreign-controlled firms are not challenged by liability of …

considerations, the focus is on the share of internal funds, bank loans and subsidies on the volume of innovation expenditure …

for innovation at home. We suggest a combination of three factors to identify and explain such innovation strategies … customers as a source for innovation that is more beneficial to standardized products and becomes more feasible if the lead … regulation. Hence, companies optimize or augment their innovation activities by invoking ideas from foreign suppliers. Then again …

studies, the focus is on the proportion of bank credits and internal funds as parts of innovation expenditures. The regression … showing high R&D intensity also use bank credits as financial sources for innovation only to a limited extent. As a result of …