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Innovation strategies of German firms: The effect of competition and intellectual property protection
Slivko, Olga - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2012
known in the market but new to the firm (imitation) or to introduce market novelties (innovation). Using a sample of 1253 … effectiveness is low or medium, both innovation and imitation are enhanced, whereas if it is high, only innovation is enhanced. …
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Sources of spillovers for imitation and innovation
Cappelli, Riccardo; Czarnitzki, Dirk; Kraft, Kornelius - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013
We estimate the effect of R&D spillovers on sales realized by products new to the firm (imitation) and new to the … market (innovation). It turns out that spillovers from rivals lead to more imitation, while inputs from customers and …
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Innovationsaktivitäten von kmU im verarbeitenden Gewerbe: Was zeichnet Imitatoren und originäre Innovatoren aus?
Zimmermann, Volker - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2003
This contribution is concerned with the spread of new products in small and medium-sized enterprises in the manufacturing sector. Based on an empirical study it is analyzed according to which factors planned product launches are either genuine market novelties or products that are new from the...
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