The use of knowledge management by innovators: empirical evidence for Germany

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In this paper we investigate factors that influence a firm’s decision to implement knowledge management practices. Our focus is on knowledge management practices implemented to increase collaboration between actors within a firm on innovation activities. Using information on over 1,500 innovative German firms from the Mannheim Innovationpanel of 2003, we find that an innovation strategy targeted at consumers and continuous R&D activities is positively related to KM usage. In addition, more general firm characteristics like size and the industry of a firm do influence the decision to use knowledge management as well.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Jena Economic Research Papers ; No. 2008,002

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Organizational Behavior; Transaction Costs; Property Rights ; Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives ; Management of Technological Innovation and R&D
• Subject: knowledge management ; innovation ; Mannheim Innovationpanel ; Wissensmanagement ; Wissenstransfer ; Innovation ; Industrielle Forschung ; Deutschland

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Cantner, Uwe ; Joel, Kristin ; Schmidt, Tobias
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Friedrich Schiller University Jena and Max Planck Institute of Economics
• (where): Jena
• (when): 2008

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/25686
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET