in innovation activity between regions have so far been rather unsuccessful. Using a unique data set which contains … in the efficiency of innovation activities can be found. This variation is in correspondence with a center … differences in efficiency of regional innovation systems can be explained by differences in R&D-cooperation behavior. …

Many writers have claimed that R&D has two 'faces'. In addition to the conventional role of stimulating innovation, R … important in this catch up process as well as stimulating innovation directly. Trade, by contrast, plays a more modest role in …

In the following paragraphs we will discuss the "mapping of innovative clusters in national innovation systems". For … Innovation Survey (which is comparable with CIS data). The Community Innovation Survey (CIS) is an initiative of the EU … innovation systems, highlight the outline conditions for innovations in Germany, focusing above all on the basis of innovations …

We explore whether the introduction of trust based working hours is related to the subsequent innovation performance of … adoption of trust based working hours and innovation seems to be driven by the degree of control and self-management over …

Inter-departmental innovation collaboration facilitates innovation performance. At the same time, it has been … tests hypotheses on the costs and benefits of innovation-related collaboration within firms. Based on a sample of 433 German … manufacturing firms we show inter-departmental innovation collaboration to increase process innovation performance, but also to …

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 …

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 …

Department for Human Capital and Innovation. It was completed in June 2014 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of …