While an increasing number of conceptual studies postulate that vocational education and training (VET) activities have …' participation in initial VET on their innovation outcomes. The results based on linear probability models and instrumental variable … regressions with entropy balancing show that the impact of VET activity on innovation is more ambiguous than postulated. Overall …

being a generalist does not seem to be important in this regard. Finally, we find that innovation positively moderates the …

that being a generalist does not seem to be important in this regard. Finally, we find that innovation positively moderates …

establishments. Finally, we do not find evidence that a youth-centred human resource strategy (always) fosters innovation …

establishments. Finally, we do not find evidence that a youth-centred human resource strategy (always) fosters innovation …. -- Workforce aging ; staffing strategies ; innovation …

Die vorliegende Studie wurde im Arbeitsbereich Humankapital und Innovation erstellt und im Dezember 2010 abgeschlossen …

; Innovation …

innovation-relevant human capital or age-specific motivation to lead creative ideas to successful inventions. Departing from … age effect. -- knowledge production function ; regional innovation analysis ; human capital ; aging ; demographic change …

sustain the innovation process that is at the basis of our prosperity. In this paper we deal with the age distributions of … among inventors. Additionally, we advance the new hypothesis that any age-bias in innovation activity should show up as … is industry specific. We test this hypothesis with European patent data for Germany. -- innovation ; patents ; age …

of formal education and actual occupation for product innovation performance in manufacturing firms within a probit model … source of innovative activities within companies. Broken down by sectoral innovation patterns, this article examines the role … to the Pavitt classification. Sectors with a high share of highly skilled employees engage in product innovation above …