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Effects of Innovation on Employment: A Dynamic Panel Analysis

Lachenmaier, Stefan; Rottmann, Horst - CESifo - 2007

This paper estimates the effect of innovation on employment at the firm level. Our uniquely long innovation panel data … set of German manufacturing firms covers more than 20 years and allows us to use various innovation measures. We can … distinguish between product and process innovations as well as between innovation inputs and innovation outputs. Using dynamic …

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Does Innovation Cause Exports? Evidence from Exogenous Innovation Impulses and Obstacles

Lachenmaier, Stefan; Woessmann, Ludger - CESifo - 2004

Trade and growth theories predict a mutual causation of innovation and exports. We test empirically whether innovation … exogenous to firms’ export performance. We find that innovation attributable to this variation leads to an increase of roughly 7 …

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Multinationals, technology networks and international takeovers

Oliva, M. Àngels; Rivera-Bátiz, Luis - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 1997

We formulate a knowlegde--based model of direct investment through mergers and acquisitions. M&As are realized to create comparative advantages by exploiting international synergies and appropriating local technology spillovers requiring geographical proximity, but can also represent a strategic...

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A model of conglomeration and synergy traps

Oliva, M. Àngels; Rivera-Bátiz, Luis - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 1997

We present a model of conglomeration motivated by technology synergies and strategic reductions in variable costs in the face of competitive pressures. The resulting firm integration is neither horizontal nor vertical but rather congeneric integration of firms in related industries. We...

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