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Innovationstätigkeit des nicht-forschenden Mittelstands

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  • Brink, Siegrun
  • Nielen, Sebastian
  • May-Strobl, Eva

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Die vorliegende Studie widmet sich nicht-forschenden, mittelständischen Innovatoren. Diese meist kleinen Unternehmen sind vorrangig im Dienstleistungsbereich zu finden. Ziel war es zu ermitteln, welche alternativen Strategien nicht-forschende Innovatoren umsetzen, um Innovationen zu generieren und inwiefern diese FuE ersetzen können. Es zeigt sich, dass der eigenen FuE-Tätigkeit für die Erstellung von Produktinnovationen eine entscheidende Rolle zukommt. Dabei nimmt die Relevanz eigener FuE mit dem Neuigkeitsgrad der Produktinnovation zu. Prozess- und nicht-technologische Innovationen sind im Gegenzug auch ohne eigene FuE realisierbar.

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  • Brink, Siegrun & Nielen, Sebastian & May-Strobl, Eva, 2018. "Innovationstätigkeit des nicht-forschenden Mittelstands," IfM-Materialien 266, Institut für Mittelstandsforschung (IfM) Bonn.
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    Keywords

    Innovation; Mittelstand; German Mittelstand;
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    JEL classification:

    • O31 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
    • O32 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D

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