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predictions with a Tobit model based on a unique dataset and survey for the German manufacturing sector (the Mannheim Innovation …
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market (innovation). It turns out that spillovers from rivals lead to more imitation, while inputs from customers and … research institutions enhance original innovation. …
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We investigate the effect of profit-sharing on product and process innovation. Profit-sharing is a credible commitment … that the introduction of profit-sharing only spurs product innovation. …
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innovation, i.e. weakly controlled managers show a higher innovation propensity. However, the higher the leverage the more …
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Knowledge spillovers to competitors are regarded as an important aspect of the innovation process. While a company …
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This paper discusses the incentives for innovation when liability is limited or not. Clearly innovative activity …
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firms and we use a number of control variables including measures of competition and firm leadership. It turns out that the …
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Most of the existing empirical literature on the relationship of firm value and knowledge capital is based on the stock market valuation of companies. However, the assets of many firms are not publicly traded, and hence the calculation of market value is limited to a subsample of firms. We...
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variables the motives for innovation expenditures are also taken into account. We differentiate between firms which intend to …
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We estimate the effects of R&D on firms' credit ratings and on financial distress. The main purpose is the comparison of firms in Western Germany and Eastern Germany as a transitional economy. Innovative activity has a positive impact on firm value proxied by ratings in Western Germany, but a...
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