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Intangible assets and firm-level productivity

Crass, Dirk; Peters, Bettina - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014

Firms invest huge amounts into intangible assets. This paper explores to which extent different kinds of intangible assets are conducive to firm-level productivity. Our study contributes to the literature by simultaneously comparing productivity effects of innovative capital, human capital,...

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Innovative capability and financing constraints for innovation: More money, more innovation?

Hottenrott, Hanna; Peters, Bettina - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2012

This study presents a novel empirical approach to identify financing constraints for innovation based on the concept of …. If they selected additional innovation projects, they must have had some unexploited investment opportunities that were … not profitable using more costly external finance. We attribute constraints for innovation not only to lacking financing …

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Invalid but infringed? An analysis of Germany's bifurcated patent litigation system

Cremers, Katrin; Gaessler, Fabian; Harhoff, Dietmar; … - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014

We analyze the impact of the probabilistic nature of patents on the functioning of Germany's bifurcated patent litigation system where infringement and validity of a patent are decided independently by different courts. We show that bifurcation creates situations in which a patent is held...

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Innovative capability and financing constraints for innovation: More money, more innovation?

Hottenrott, Hanna; Peters, Bettina - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2009

This study presents a novel empirical approach to identify financing constraints for innovation based on the idea of an … alternatives of use. If they choose additional innovation projects they must have had some unexploited investment opportunities … attribute constraints for innovation not only to lacking financing, but also to firms' innovative capability. Econometric …

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Knowledge Production in Nanomaterials: An Application of Spatial Filtering to Regional Systems of Innovation

Patuelli, Roberto; Grimpe, Christoph - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2008

Nanomaterials are seen as a key technology for the 21st Century, and much is expected of them in terms of innovation … products. In this context, it seems all the more important for regions to put their own innovation systems in place, and to … conditions and configurations allow a regional innovation system to be competitive in a cutting-edge technology like …

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Innovative capability and financing constraints for innovation: More money, more innovation?

Hottenrott, Hanna; Peters, Bettina - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2011

This study presents a novel empirical approach to identify financing constraints for innovation based on the concept of … alternatives of use. If they selected additional innovation projects, they must have had some unexploited investment opportunities … that were not profitable using more costly external finance. We attribute constraints for innovation not only to lacking …

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Which form of venture capital is most supportive of innovation?

Bertoni, Fabio; Tykvová, Tereza - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2012

Although there seems to be consensus in the literature that venture capital investors increase the innovation output of … from seven European countries, we investigate which form of venture capital is most supportive of innovation. Our results … suggest that in companies financed by syndicates and by private venture capital investors, the innovation output increases …

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