Innovation without R & D [recurso electrónico] : Heterogeneous Innovation Patterns of Non-R & D-Performing Firms in the German Manufacturing Industry

This is an evolutionary Approach to heterogeneity in Firms Innovation Strategies Firms without research and development (R & D) have frequently been neglected by mainstream innovation research. The small number of existing studies provides only fragmented and sometimes even contradictory findings, because they assume that non-R & D-performing firms show a "typical", homogeneous innovation pattern. Oliver Som challenges this assumption. Based on current firm-level data of the German industry, he provides pioneer quantitative evidence of five heterogeneous innovation patterns of non-R & D-performers. The findings impressively underline the need for future innovation research, -management and -policy to extend their view on innovation beyond the scope of R & D Front Matter....Pages I-XVIII Introduction....Pages 1-22 R&D as a determinant of technological progress, economic growth and firms' competitiveness....Pages 23-110 Firms' heterogeneity and sources of innovation and economic success beyond the scope of R&D....Pages 111-217 Development of a guiding conceptual framework for the empirical analysis....Pages 218-248 Empirical analysis of non-R&D-performing firms in the German manufacturing industry....Pages 249-346 Consolidation, interpretation and outlook....Pages 347-366 Back Matter....Pages 367-461