The aim of this paper is to analyse the effects of knowledge management on the innovation success of firms in Germany …. Using a matching procedure on data from the German Innovation Survey of 2003 (“Mannheim Innovation Panel”), we pair firms … management on the share of cost reductions with process innovation. -- knowledge management ; innovation ; matching estimator …

-driven environmental innovation may impose additional costs to firms and lower their profits. On the other hand, eco-innovators could … profit from lower uncertainty in innovation due to regulatory standards and demand-generating effects of regulation. In this … paper we analyse (a) whether regulation-driven environmental innovation generate similar innovation success compared to …

product development process. HCs do not invest more into innovation, but achieve higher innovation success. The higher …

non-environmental product and process innovations. The multivariate probit analysis shows that the various innovation … types are determined by different factors. The estimation results suggest a policy mix which comprises the encouragement of … products when the implementation of all innovation types is to be supported. …

firm’s network and geographic position on firm-level innovation output? We analyze the innovative performance of German … organizations (PRO). We use patent grants as dependent variable in order to measure firm-level innovation output. Empirical results … but quite interesting findings. -- Geographical co-location ; network positioning ; innovation output …

cultural features. Empirical validation was performed on 92 projects based in France, Germany and the United Kingdom in the …

influences the innovation performance of a firm. While former studies mainly focused on knowledge management cycles, we … management techniques and their influence on product and process innovation. The ability to source external knowledge positively … the tools of knowledge management in function of the kind of technical innovation it wants to proceed. -- Knowledge …

In recent years, innovation processes involve more heterogenous actors inside and outside the firm. Little is known … however about the spatial impact of this organisational decomposition of innovation processes (ODIP): Does it lead to a … geographical dispersion of innovation activities as well? Furthermore, which parts of the innovation process are carried out …