Digitalization is one of the main trends affecting firm-level innovation today. In this context, a better understanding … of the multidimensional relationship between digital technologies, competences and firm-level innovation is necessary …. For this purpose, this paper examines the role of digital transformation in the context of innovation activities of small …

and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are successful in innovation without research and development (R&D) efforts. In this … DUI-based innovation in less R&D-intensive SMEs. That is, companies operating largely under the DUI mode seem to benefit …

This paper examines the use of innovation protection mechanisms in small and medium enterprises (SMEs). By starting … seems to be essential for many SMEs because of their informal mode of learning and innovation characterized by experience …

innovation, the present paper examines the digitalization-innovation link in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Starting … firm-level innovation. Its empirical application confirms the heterogeneity of innovating SMEs with regard to digital … transformation. While some SMEs are slow to find their way into digitalizing their innovation processes, others have started to use …

In order to better understand the complex interplay between digital technologies, competences and innovation, the … present paper examines the digitalization-innovation link in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Starting from a review …-level innovation. Its empirical application shows the heterogeneity of innovating SMEs with regard to digitalization. While some SMEs …

In the long-run, innovation performance has weakened somewhat in German small and me-dium enterprises (SMEs). In …&D). In order to remove the innovation barriers in these SMEs, public policy may play an important role. The empirical … analysis reveals that less R&D-oriented SMEs are indeed more likely to face a number of constraints in their innovation …

' participation in initial VET and their innovation outcomes. The results based on linear probability models show that the impact of … VET activity on innovation is indeed ambiguous. Overall, as expected, participation in initial VET has virtually no effect … on radical product innovation. However, a positive impact of training apprentices is observed in case of incremental …

' participation in initial VET and their innovation outcomes. Our results show that the direct effects of initial VET on technological … innovation in small and mediumsized enterprises (SMEs) are on average quite weak. If at all, a training firm's initial VET … activities are associated with production innovation activities and not with process innovation. Larger effects can only be …

a positive impact on firm-level innovation, empirical evidence on the subject remains scarce. This study exploits … initial VET and their innovation outcomes. The results based on linear probability models and entropy balancing show that the … relationship between VET activity and innovation are more ambiguous than often postulated. Overall, the participation in initial …