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This study investigates the origins of disruptive innovation. According to the canonical model, disruptive innovations do not originate from existing customers - in contrast with what the user innovation literature would predict. We compiled a unique historical and content-analytic dataset based...
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Whereas various drivers of the international innovative activity have been studied in the literature, our understanding of the contributions of different innovation linkages to innovation deserves more attention. Are the different innovation linkages equally complementary to research inputs in...
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We draw on two decades of historical data to analyze how regional labor markets in West Germany adjusted to one of the …, similar in magnitude to the refugee inflow that Germany is experiencing today, also reduce native income losses markedly but …
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The recent rise of xenophobic attacks against refugees in Germany has sparked both political and scholarly debates on … georeferenced event dataset on anti-refugee violence and social unrest in Germany in 2014 and 2015 based on a public chronicle. Our …, we offer a descriptive analysis of patterns of right-wing violence and unrest in Germany in 2014 and 2015. We conclude by …
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heterogeneity in management practices across establishments in Germany, with small firms having lower scores than large firms on … productivity in Germany. This association increases with firm size. Comparison to a similar survey in the US indicates that the … average management score is lower in Germany than in the US. Overall, our results point towards lower management scores being …
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This paper provides a theoretical and quantitative analysis of various types of wellknown employment subsidies. Two important questions are addressed: (i) How should employment subsidies be targeted? (ii) How large should the subsidies be? We consider measures involving targeting workers with...
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The Renewable Energy Source Act (EEG) promotes German biogas production in order to substitute fossil fuels, protect the environment, and prevent climate change. As a consequence, green maize production has increased significantly over the last years, causing negative environmental effects on...
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The German banking market is notorious for its low degree of market penetration by foreign financial institutions, suggesting that markets serviced by domestic and foreign banks are segmented. This paper employs a number of tests to determine whether activities of domestic and foreign banks are...
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larger. The paper concludes that Germany in its own interests should throw its weight in the EU behind wide …
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major subsegments of the electrical industry is analysed in more detail for the case of West Germany. …
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