Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/25686 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
Jena Economic Research Papers No. 2008,002
Publisher: 
Friedrich Schiller University Jena and Max Planck Institute of Economics, Jena
Abstract: 
In this paper we investigate factors that influence a firm’s decision to implement knowledge management practices. Our focus is on knowledge management practices implemented to increase collaboration between actors within a firm on innovation activities. Using information on over 1,500 innovative German firms from the Mannheim Innovationpanel of 2003, we find that an innovation strategy targeted at consumers and continuous R&D activities is positively related to KM usage. In addition, more general firm characteristics like size and the industry of a firm do influence the decision to use knowledge management as well.
Subjects: 
knowledge management
innovation
Mannheim Innovationpanel
JEL: 
D23
O31
O32
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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