This study explores the impact of digitalization on technological (product and process)
innovations in German small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). In particular, three …

This paper analyses the link between the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and innovation
performance in firms. Based on firm-level data from the German part of the Community …

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is often regarded as the next general-purpose technology with a
rapid, penetrating, and far-reaching use over a broad number of industrial sectors. The main …

Green public procurement has gained high political priority and is argued to be an effective
demand-side policy to trigger environmental innovations. However, the empirical evidence …

This study investigates the impact of public R&D subsidies on R&D investment of small and
medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Germany during the most recent economic crisis. Our …

The effects of diversity in management teams on firm innovation have become an important
topic in strategic management. With a few exceptions, however, the literature has focused on …

Circular economy (CE) describes a concept that aims at saving resources by minimizing the
use of material and energy over the entire life‐cycle of products, including production and …

The success of transitioning energy consumption towards renewables highly depends on
the willingness and ability of firms to adopt energy technologies that use renewable sources …

Firms use a variety of practices to disclose the knowledge generated by their R&D activities,
including, but not limited to, publishing findings in scientific journals, patenting new …

This paper analyses the impact of intangibles on firm-level productivity. Unlike previous
studies we capture all dimensions of intangibles for both goods-producing and service …