Innovation-related Knowledge Flows in European Industry: Extent, Mechanisms, Implications

Innovation-related Knowledge Flows in European Industry: Extent, Mechanisms, Implications

Client/Allowance

European Commission

Period: 01.01.1999 – 31.07.2001

The goal of the project is an empirical analysis of knowledge flows in the European manufacturing industry and service sector, and of the implications of knowledge flows for the corresponding innovation behaviour. There are different kinds of knowledge flows: Codified knowledge can be imparted via formal information channels (e.g. rules, laws, regulations etc.), whereas non-codified knowledge is tied to employees and hence cannot be conveyed via formal information channels. We will study knowledge flows between companies as well as between companies and the scientific sector (universities and research institutes). For the purpose of this study, already existing databases (PACE; CIS, EPO etc.) will be evaluated. In addition, we will conduct telephone interviews with companies in Denmark, France, Italy, Greece, Great Britain, the Netherlands, and Germany.

Project members

Thomas Cleff

Thomas Cleff

Project Coordinator

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Dirk Czarnitzki

Dirk Czarnitzki

Research Associate

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Georg Licht

Georg Licht

Research Associate

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Client/Allowance
European Commission, Brüssel, BE
Cooperation partner
Bureau for Economic Theory and Applications (BETA), Strasbourg, FR // Centre of Research on Internationalisation, Università Luigi Bocconi, Mailand, IT // International Konkurrence Evne, Aalborg University, Aalborg, DK // Laboratory of Industrial and Energy Economics, National Technical University of Athens, Athen, GR // Strategic Industrial Research Network, UK // United Nations University – Maastricht Economic and Social Research and Training Centre on Innovation and Technology (UNU-Merit), Maastricht, NL

Selected Publications

Firm Leadership and Innovative Performance: Evidence from Seven EU Countries

Czarnitzki, Dirk and Kornelius Kraft (2004), Firm Leadership and Innovative Performance: Evidence from Seven EU Countries, Small Business Economics 22(5) , 325-332

Contact

Research Associate
Prof. Dr. Dirk Czarnitzki
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