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Assessing the effects of a road surfacing cartel in Switzerland
Hüschelrath, Kai; Leheyda, Nina; Beschorner, Patrick … - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2009
The paper assesses the impact of the detection of a hard-core cartel in the Swiss market for road surfacing on post-cartel competition. In addition to an investigation of supply-side factors, demand-side factors, and market prices, the paper also derives estimates of the economic effects of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008536040
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The pulse of liability of foreignness: dynamic legitimacy and experiences effects in the German car market
Kaiser, Ulrich; Sofka, Wolfgang - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2006
Globalization has provided many companies with new opportunities for growth and efficiency. This requires them to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097522
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What Makes Foreign Knowledge Attractive to Domestic Innovation Managers?
Sofka, Wolfgang - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2007
This study focuses on the early stages of international innovation activities, i.e. the organizational processes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097606
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Global Idea Sourcing: An Empirical Investigation into the Mechanisms Behind the Usage of Foreign Business Sources for Innovation
Sofka, Wolfgang - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2005
Globalization has set new paradigms, especially in the business world. Breakthroughs in technology (telecommunications … for innovation at home. We suggest a combination of three factors to identify and explain such innovation strategies … customers as a source for innovation that is more beneficial to standardized products and becomes more feasible if the lead …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097671
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Does globalization restrict budgetary autonomy? A multidimensional approach
Heinemann, Friedrich - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 1999
Does globalization restrict the leeway for national budgetary policy? With the help of cluster and discriminant … dimensions are included in the analysis: tax structure, expenditure structure, public debt and budget size. Globalization as a … globalization does indeed matter for government budgets. However, substantial room for an individual national policy particularly in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097816
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EMU and fiscal discipline: the end of the depreciation threat
Heinemann, Friedrich - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 1998
Are the characteristics of the exchange rate regime relevant for the degree of fiscal discipline? What are the conclusions for fiscal behavior in Europe after the transition to EMU? These are the central questions that are analyzed in this paper from a theoretical point of view. After a general...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098288
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The Globalization of Tax Policy: What German Politicians Believe
Heinemann, Friedrich; Janeba, Eckhard - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2007
The process of globalization has an important impact on national tax policies. Most of the literature on taxation of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098328
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Short-term borrowing for long-term projects: Are family businesses more susceptible to 'irrational' financing choices?
Peters, Bettina; Westerheide, Peter - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2011
There are noticeable differences between the roles that various forms of credit financing play in family businesses and in other businesses. Family businesses take out more often bank loans specifically to finance investments and innovations, and they particularly often resort to the short-term...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008869220
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The contribution of international R&D to firm profitability
Peters, Bettina; Schmiele, Anja - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2011
Innovation Survey (CIS). The empirical results demonstrate that R&D location matters for profitability. Firms with both domestic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008869230
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Open Source, ICT infrastructure and firm performance
Cerquera Dussán, Daniel; Müller, Bettina - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2009
This paper empirically studies the impact of the adoption of open source software (OSS) on firms' labor productivity and innovative behavior. Using a representative sample of German firms, the results show that the adoption of OSS operating systems for servers and general OSS applications has no...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008615600