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dc.contributor.authorKoschatzky, Knuten
dc.contributor.authorZenker, Andreaen
dc.date.accessioned2009-12-14-
dc.date.accessioned2009-12-14T15:54:01Z-
dc.date.available2009-12-14T15:54:01Z-
dc.date.issued1999-
dc.identifier.piurn:nbn:de:0011-n-17716en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/29286-
dc.description.abstractInformation and knowledge are important prerequisites for innovation activity in firms. One important means of acquiring coplementary knowledge are innovation networks. Depending on their absortive capacity and knowledge base, firms develop different abilities to access and utilise external knowledge. These abilities might also be linked to firm size. Although size as such is not a decisive criterion for distinguishing between the innovative performance of firms, it can at least be used to classify firms according to common structural characteristics. It is objective of this paper to analyse whether the size of a firm significantly affects its innovative behaviour and cooperation pattern and whether there are differences between manufacturing firms and business-related service firms. Using data from a regional innovation survey carried out in Germany, we come to the conclusion that for structural firm characteristics, innovation strategies, information use and innovation network size matters. Small manufacturing and service firms mainly behave similar and are more regionally orientated in their market reach and knowledge acquisition than large firms- Especially small firms in intermediate and rural areas strongly depend on regionally available knowledge sources and are therefore discriminated compared to large firms which make a more frequent use of knowledge and information sources from outside the region.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aFraunhofer-Institut für System- und Innovationsforschung ISI |cKarlsruheen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aArbeitspapiere Unternehmen und Region |xR2/1999en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.stwKlein- und Mittelunternehmenen
dc.subject.stwInnovationsmanagementen
dc.subject.stwUnternehmenskooperationen
dc.subject.stwBusiness Networken
dc.subject.stwForschungskooperationen
dc.subject.stwRegionen
dc.subject.stwVerarbeitendes Gewerbeen
dc.subject.stwDienstleistungssektoren
dc.subject.stwDeutschlanden
dc.titleThe regional embeddedness of small manufacturing and service firms: regional networking as knowledge source for innovation?-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn827361009en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:zbw:fisifr:R21999en

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