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Motivating innovation in a knowledge economy with tax incentives

d'Andria, Diego; Savin, Ivan - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015

In the past decades the role of profit sharing schemes (PSS) as a way to foster innovation in a principal-agent context …, and more generally of innovation in economic growth, have been widely acknowledged and studied. However, surprisingly … innovation in a pure knowledge economy: a 'patent box' incentive and a tax incentive on compensation earned by agents as PSS. A …

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Do Firms Benefit from Complementarity Effect in R&D and What Drives their R&D Strategy Choices?

Cantner, Uwe; Savin, Ivan - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

This paper analyzes whether firms conducting internal R&D and acquiring external high-tech equipment experience a complementarity effect. For German CIS data we conduct a complete set of indirect and direct complementarity tests refining the analysis by looking at various types of innovations...

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Absorptive Capacity and Innovation: When Is It Better to Cooperate?

Egbetokun, Abiodun; Savin, Ivan - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

Cooperation can benefit and hurt firms at the same time. An important question then is: when is it better to cooperate. And how can an appropriate partner be selected? In this paper we present a model of inter-firm cooperation driven by cognitive distance, appropriability conditions and external...

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Who Starts with Open Source? Institutional Choice of Start-Ups in the German ICT Sector

Fritsch, Michael; Engelhardt, Sebastian von - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

We analyze the characteristics of new businesses in the German ICT industry, distinguishing them based on their choice between two IPR regimes: open source software (OSS) or closed source software (CSS). The share of new firms with an OSS-based business model has increased considerably over the...

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Den Wandel gestalten - Perspektiven des Technologietransfers im deutschen Innovationssystem : zum Gedenken an Franz Pleschak

Fritsch, Michael (ed.); Pleschak, Franz (honouree) - 2005

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Ready to Leave the Ivory Tower? - Academic Scientists' Appeal to Work in the Private Sector

Fritsch, Michael; Krabel, Stefan - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

In this study we investigate the factors that shape the attitudes of scientists toward starting their own business or working in a private sector firm. The analysis is based on data collected from scientists working in the German Max Planck Society, a research institution devoted to basic...

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The Spatial Diffusion of a Knowledge Base-Laser Technology Research in West Germany, 1960-2005

Fritsch, Michael; Medrano, Luis F. - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

We analyze the spatial diffusion of knowledge in laser technology in West Germany from 1960, when this technology began, until 2005. Laser technology research has been nearly exclusively conducted in regions that are home to a university with a physics or electrical engineering department, an...

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Industry Specialization, Diversity and the Efficiency of Regional Innovation Systems

Fritsch, Michael; Slavtchev, Viktor - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

Innovation processes are characterized by a pronounced division of labor between actors. Two types of externality may … innovation (MAR externalities). On the other hand, new ideas may be born by the exchange of heterogeneous and complementary …

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What determines the efficiency of regional innovation systems?

Fritsch, Michael; Slavtchev, Viktor - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

We assess the efficiency of regional innovation systems (RIS) in Germany by means of a knowledge production function … the efficiency of its innovation system is inversely u-shaped. Regions dominated by large establishments tend to be less …

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Creative Class and Regional Growth - Empirical Evidence from Eight European Countries

Boschma, Ron A.; Fritsch, Michael - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

We analyze the regional distribution and the effect of people in creative occupations based on data for more than 450 regions in eight European countries. The geographic distribution of the creative class is highly uneven. The creative class is not attracted to highly urbanized regions per se,...

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