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The impact on innovation off-shoring on organizational adaptability
Baier, Elisabeth; Rammer, Christian; Schuber, Torben - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013
We analyze the effects of captive off-shoring of innovation activities on the firms' ability to adapt their … Community Innovation Survey to test our hypotheses. We find an inverted u-shape of innovation off-shoring on the effectiveness … of organizational adaptability, implying an optimal threshold value of innovation off-shoring. This value is 11% for …
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Firm leadership and innovative performance: evidence from seven EU Countries
Kraft, Kornelius; Czarnitzki, Dirk - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2001
This paper considers the effect of different firm leadership on the innovative performance of firms from seven EU countries. We investigate whether owner-led or manager-led firms achieve a larger share of their turnover with product innovations. Economic theory does not propose clear answers to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098231
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The contribution of international R&D to firm profitability
Peters, Bettina; Schmiele, Anja - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2011
The internationalisation of corporate R&D opens up the chances to participate in international knowledge sharing. This increasingly motivates firms to accelerate the pace and extent of their international R&D activities in order to enhance innovativeness and consequently competitiveness and...
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The influence of international dispersed vs. home-based R&D on innovation performance
Peters, Bettina; Schmiele, Anja - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2010
Recent years have shown a surge of firms globalising their innovation activities in order to gain from international knowledge. This paper evaluates this strategy by investigating whether firms with international R&D are more innovative than firms doing R&D only in their home country. One main...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008794605
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Intellectual property infringements due to R&D abroad? A comparative analysis between firms with international and domestic R&D activities
Schmiele, Anja - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2010
This paper aims at analysing the risk of intellectual property (IP) infringements by competitors from abroad and in particular whether this risk is higher for international innovating firms. We distinguish three different types of IP infringements from abroad: the usage of firms' technical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008794606
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Drivers for international innovation activities in developed and emerging countries
Schmiele, Anja - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2009
This paper aims to shed light on firm specific drivers that lead firms to internationalise their innovation activities. The paper draws a comprehensive picture of driving forces by including firm capabilities, characteristics of the firm’s competitive environment and the influence of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008469767
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Drivers and Effects of Internationalising Innovation by SMEs
Rammer, Christian; Schmiele, Anja - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2008
This paper investigates the drivers and effects of the internationalisation of innovation activities in SMEs based on a large data set of German firms covering the period 2002-2007. We look at different stages of the innovation process (R&D, design, production and sales of new products, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097716
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Drivers and Effects of Internationalising Innovation by SMEs
Schmiele, Anja; Rammer, Christian - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2008
This paper investigates the drivers and the effects of the internationalisation of innovation activities in SMEs based on a large data set of German firms covering the period 2002-2007. We look at different stages of the innovation process (R&D, design, production and sales of new products, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098387
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Offshoring and ICT: Evidence for German manufacturing and service firms
Rasel, Fabienne - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2012
In this paper, I analyse the relationship between offshoring and ICT at the firm level differentiating between … measures, overall, the results reveal a positive relationship between offshoring and ICT. Thus, they support the argument that … ICT might be relevant for offshoring. Controlling for other firm characteristics, software to coordinate and to manage the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010957686
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On the effects of unilateral environmental policy on offshoring in multi-stage production processes
Schenker, Oliver; Koesler, Simon; Löschel, Andreas - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014
offshoring to unregulated jurisdictions. We first apply an analytical partial-equilibrium model of a two-stage production process …
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