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Building and blocking : the two faces of technology acquisition

Grimpe, Christoph; Hussinger, Katrin - 2008

acquisitions. On the one hand, patents are used as a building instrument for the acquirer's technology portfolio. On the other hand …-based view of the firm, we analyze the importance of these two faces of technology acquisition for the valuation of a target firm …'s patents, especially if blocking patents are in technology fields related to the acquiring firm's patent portfolio. Our results …

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Building and blocking : the two faces of technology acquisition

Grimpe, Christoph (contributor); … - 2008

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Arnold, Daniel; De Pinto, Marco - 2015

This paper investigates how changes in work-related factors affect workers' absence and presenteeism behavior. Previous studies (implicitly) assume that there is a substitutive relationship, i.e. a change in a work-related factor decreases the level of absence and simultaneously increases...

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Knowledge flows, R&D spillovers and innovation

Peri, Giovanni (contributor) - 2003

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Emission trading beyond Europe : linking schemes in a post-Kyoto world

Anger, Niels (contributor) - 2006

Europe, in the presence of a post-Kyoto agreement in 2020. Simulations with a numerical multi-country model of the world …

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Energieeffizienz : eine neue Aufgabe für staatliche Regulierung?

Mennel, Tim (contributor); Sturm, Bodo (contributor) - 2008

Hinter der Forderung nach höherer Energieeffizienz stehen üblicherweise konkrete umwelt- und energiepolitische Ziele wie Klimaschutz, Versorgungssicherheit und Ressourcenschonung. Das vorliegende Papier analysiert diese Argumente und diskutiert mögliche Politikinstrumente zur Zielerreichung....

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Climate policy and the problem of competitiveness : border tax adjustments or integrated emission trading?

Alexeeva-Talebi, Victoria (contributor); … - 2008

In the absence of an international agreement on climate policy, unilateral carbon abatement creates two problems: It tends to have a detrimental effect on domestic competitiveness, and it leads to an increase in carbon emissions abroad (leakage). This paper analyses two policies that have...

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The goals of sustainable development and the reform of the EU banana trade regime : a discussion of different trade instruments

Osório-Peters, Suhita - 1998

Ideally a new reform of the EU trade regime for bananas (COMB) should be equipped in a way that it makes a long-term contribution to the realisation of sustainable goals, or at least does not prevent them. From a point of view of sustainable development, a trade restriction measure has to...

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Modelling production cost scenarios for biofuels and fossil fuels in Europe

Festel, Gunter - 2013

This paper presents the results of a calculation model for biofuel production costs in 2015 and 2020 based on raw material price projections and considering scale and learning effects. Distinguishing six types of biofuels, the paper finds that scale economies and learning effects are critical...

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Are intangibles more productive in ICT-intensive industries? : evidence from EU countries

Chen, Wen; Niebel, Thomas; Saam, Marianne - 2014

Using sectoral intangible investment data we confirm that intangible capital is a significant determinant of labour productivity growth. The sectoral setting further allows us to identify the differential impacts of intangible capital across industries with varying degrees of ICT intensity....

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