This report analyses R&D investments by top R&D-investing companies from the ICT sector, for the period of 2005 …-2008. It focuses on the distribution of R&D investments by firms in specific ICT sub-sectors from the five main world regions …, paying special attention to R&D investments by ICT companies from the EU. The relationship between R&D growth and company …

This report provides evidence on the inventive output of ICT R&D activity in the EU, the US and other regions and … of output of the R&D process. According to the presented evidence, the annual number of ICT priority patent applications …. Since the early 90s, the annual number of Asian (excluding Japan) ICT priority patent applications strongly increased due to …

Does access to information and communication technologies (ICT) increase innovation? We examine this question by … induced by ICT are exclusively science-related and stem from fields where knowledge can be codified easily. In contrast, we …

Since several decades, information and communication technologies (ICT) as well as new organizational designs change … relationship between these developments and examines, whether ICT is associated with centralization or decentralization tendencies …. The results suggest a positive impact of ICT on the degree of delegation. Furthermore, the diffusion of ICT use within the …

Does access to information and communication technologies (ICT) increase innovation? We examine this question by … induced by ICT are exclusively science-related and stem from fields where knowledge can be codified easily. In contrast, we …

The paper deals with the problem of business spending on research and development and their relation to innovation … activities. It is focused on R&D in the business sector as a crucial part of the innovation system. R&D expenditure can be seen … as the main precondition of successful innovation. However, the successful transformation of R&D investment into …

-technological (e.g., organizational or marketing) innovations. ICT and other innovation investments are positively associated with …Several studies have highlighted information and communications technology (ICT) as a driver of firm productivity in … developed countries. However, evidence of the impacts of ICT on services and manufacturing, particularly in developing countries …

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. …

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. …