Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/28613 
Full metadata record
DC FieldValueLanguage
dc.contributor.authorSofka, Wolfgangen
dc.contributor.authorGrimpe, Christophen
dc.date.accessioned2009-10-22-
dc.date.accessioned2009-11-30T15:47:42Z-
dc.date.available2009-11-30T15:47:42Z-
dc.date.issued2009-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/28613-
dc.description.abstractSearching for externally available knowledge has been characterized as a vital part of the innovation process. The availability of such innovation impulses, however, critically depends on the environment a firm is operating in. Little is known on how institutional infrastructures for innovation differ with respect to the munificence in providing innovation impulses. In this paper, we suggest that these differences are particularly pronounced between established market economies and transition economies. We argue that these differences shape a firm's search pattern and that the search pattern subsequently moderates the relationship between innovation inputs and outputs. Based on a sample of more than 4,500 firms from ten European countries we find that search strategies differ considerably between established market and transition economies. Search in transition economies is characterized by much more variety. However, management capacity in these countries is a particularly scarce resource which is why focused search strategies turn out to be most successful.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aZentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) |cMannheimen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aZEW Discussion Papers |x09-061en
dc.subject.jelL60en
dc.subject.jelO32en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordSearch strategiesen
dc.subject.keywordopen innovationen
dc.subject.keywordtransition economiesen
dc.subject.keywordinstitutional infrastructure for innovationen
dc.subject.stwInnovationen
dc.subject.stwWissenstransferen
dc.subject.stwInformationsverhaltenen
dc.subject.stwSuchtheorieen
dc.subject.stwVergleichen
dc.subject.stwÜbergangswirtschaften
dc.subject.stwOsteuropaen
dc.subject.stwWesteuropaen
dc.titleSearching for innovation in market and transition economies: evidence across Europe-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn611192020en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:zbw:zewdip:09061en

Files in This Item:
File
Size
202.54 kB





Items in EconStor are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.