Die Untersuchung der deutschen Förderpolitik umfasst direkte Förderprogramme sowie verschiedene indirekt auf Innovationen wirkende Instrumente der Umweltpolitik, wie Abgaben oder das Ordnungsrecht. Sie wird durch eine Analyse ausländischer Best-Practice-Beispiele, unter anderem die...

This paper investigates the impact of in-house R&D and innovation management practices on innovation success in small and medium-sized firms (SMEs). While there is little doubt about the significance of technology competence for generating successful innovations, inhouse R&D activities may be a...

This paper investigates the drivers and the effects of the internationalisation of innovation activities in SMEs based on a large data set of German firms covering the period 2002-2007. We look at different stages of the innovation process (R&D, design, production and sales of new products, and...

This paper analyses the relationship between past innovation output, competition, and future innovation input in a dynamic econometric setting. We distinguish two dimensions of competition that correspond to the concepts of product substitutability and entry barriers due to fixed costs. Based on...