- A-Z
- Jena Economic Resea...
- Volume 3
- The effects of know...
- Autor(in)
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Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena. Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät
- Erschienen
- 13. Mai 2009
- Nummer des Discussion-Papers
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2009-037
- Schlagwort(e)
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innovation
knowledge management
matching estimator
- Zusammenfsg.
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The aim of this paper is to analyse the effects of knowledge management on the innovation success of firms in Germany. Using a matching procedure on data from the German Innovation Survey of 2003 (“Mannheim Innovation Panel”), we pair firms applying knowledge management with twin firms with similar characteristics not applying knowledge management. Our focus is on investigating the effects of knowledge management techniques on the economic success of firms with product and process innovations. The results of our matching analysis reveal that firms which apply knowledge management perform better in terms of higher-than-average shares of turnover with innovative products compared to their twins. We do not find a significant effect of knowledge management on the share of cost reductions with process innovation.
- article pub. typess JER
- Research article
- article languages JER
- Englisch
- article research fields JER
- entrepreneurship
- JEL-Classification for JER
- O32 - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D ; L32 - Public Enterprises ; L25 - Firm Performance: Size, Diversification, and Scope ; M11 - Production Management