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The importance of equity finance for R&D activity - are there differences between young and oldcompanies?

Müller, Elisabeth (contributor); … - 2006

This paper analyzes the importance of equity finance for the R&D activity of small and medium-sized enterprises. We use information on almost 6000 German SMEs from a company survey. Using the intensity of banking competition at the district level as instrument to control for endogeneity, we find...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003301146

Loan availability and investment : can innovative companies better cope with loan denials?

Müller, Elisabeth; Reize, Frank - 2010

mezzanine capital, when facing a loan denial. -- Investment ; loan availability ; innovation ; private equity …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003961525

The Importance of Equity Finance for R&D Activity - are There Differences between Young and Old Companies?

Müller, Elisabeth - 2014

This paper analyzes the importance of equity finance for the Ramp;D activity of small and medium-sized enterprises. We use information on almost 6000 German SMEs from a company survey. Using the intensity of banking competition at the district level as instrument to control for endogeneity, we...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012709829

The influence of strategic patenting on companies' patent portfolios

Blind, Knut (contributor); Cremers, Katrin (contributor); … - 2007

This paper analyses whether strategic motives for patenting influence the characteristics of companies' patent portfolios. We use the number of citations and oppositions to represent these characteristics. The investigation is based on survey and patent data from German companies. We find clear...

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Philo : PharmaInnovationsLotse ; ihr Weg zum erfolgreichen Open Innovation Management

Adelhelm, Silvia; Braun, Andreas; Müller, Elisabeth; … - 2011

Vorliegender Leitfaden ist eines der Ergebnisse des Forschungsprojekts „Open Innovation in Life Sciences“ (OIL), das … Innovationsmanager in kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen (KMU) der Pharmaindustrie bei der Einführung des Open Innovation Managements zu … unterstützen.Zielsetzung des Forschungsprojekts war es, (1) die Chancen und Risiken von Open Innovation unter besonderer …

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To Be Financed or Not … - The Role of Patents for Venture Capital Financing

Haeussler, Carolin; Harhoff, Dietmar; Müller, Elisabeth - 2009

This paper investigates how patent applications and grants held by new ventures improve their ability to attract venture capital (VC) financing. We argue that investors are faced with considerable uncer-tainty and therefore rely on patents as signals when trying to assess the prospects of...

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