Innovation without R&D [electronic resource] : Heterogeneous Innovation Patterns of Non-R&D-Performing Firms in the German Manufacturing Industry / by Oliver Som.
By: Som, Oliver [author.].
Contributor(s): SpringerLink (Online service).
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BookPublisher: Wiesbaden : Gabler Verlag, 2012Description: XVIII, 461p. 33 illus. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783834934925.Subject(s): Economics | Economics/Management Science | Business Strategy/LeadershipDDC classification: 658.4092 Online resources: Click here to access online
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Springer eBooksSummary: Firms without research and development (R&D) have frequently been neglected by mainstream innovation research. The small number of existing studies provides only fragmented and sometimes even contradictory findings, because they assume that non-R&D-performing firms show a “typical”, homogeneous innovation pattern. Oliver Som challenges this assumption. Based on current firm-level data of the German industry, he provides pioneer quantitative evidence of five heterogeneous innovation patterns of non-R&D-performers. The findings impressively underline the need for future innovation research, -management and -policy to extend their view on innovation beyond the scope of R&D.
Firms without research and development (R&D) have frequently been neglected by mainstream innovation research. The small number of existing studies provides only fragmented and sometimes even contradictory findings, because they assume that non-R&D-performing firms show a “typical”, homogeneous innovation pattern. Oliver Som challenges this assumption. Based on current firm-level data of the German industry, he provides pioneer quantitative evidence of five heterogeneous innovation patterns of non-R&D-performers. The findings impressively underline the need for future innovation research, -management and -policy to extend their view on innovation beyond the scope of R&D.
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