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Biomedical Academic Entrepreneurship Through the SBIR Program
Toole, Andrew A.; Czarnitzki, Dirk - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2005
This paper considers the U.S. Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program as a policy fostering academic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005059052
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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
affect firms' innovation strategy choices, concretely, whether to abstain from innovation, to introduce products that are … 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. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010957641
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Durable Goods, Innovation and Network Externalities
Cerquera Dussán, Daniel - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2007
We develop a model of R&D competition between an incumbent and a potential entrant with network externalities and durable goods. We show that the threat of entry eliminates the commitment problem that an incumbent may face in its R&D decision due to the goods? durability. Moreover, a potential...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097721
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R&D incentives, compatibility and network externalities
Cerquera Dussán, Daniel - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2006
This paper analyzes the impact of network externalities on R&D competition between an incumbent and a potential entrant. The analysis shows that the incumbent always invests more than the entrant in the development of higher quality network goods. However, the incumbent exhibits a too low level...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097740
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Concubinage or Marriage? Informal and Formal Cooperations for Innovation
Keilbach, Max; Bönte, Werner - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2004
Based on a sample of German innovating firms that contains information on formal and informal innovation cooperation … cooperations are the innovation dynamics at the industry level. Firms who operate an R&D department and firms who are involved in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097987
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Dynamic R&D incentives with network externalities
Cerquera Dussán, Daniel - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2006
This paper studies the incentives to undertake uncertain R&D initiatives in a dynamic duopoly network industry. It is shown that network externalities positively affect the incentives to invest in R&D. In the model, competition resembles a preemption race and, therefore, market performance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098390
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Intellectual property box regimes: Effective tax rates and tax policy considerations
Evers, Lisa; Miller, Helen; Spengel, Christoph - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013
11 European countries now operate IP Box regimes that provide substantially reduced rates of corporate tax for income derived from important forms of intellectual property. We incorporate these policies into forward-looking measures of the cost of capital, effective marginal tax rates and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010957635
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The contribution of corporate ventures to radical innovation
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Dick, Johannes M. H.; Hussinger, Katrin - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2010
Established firms often face significant obstacles to innovation. As a solution, it has been suggested to form … monitored by their corporate sponsors, resulting in less favorable conditions for radical innovation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008676483
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Fiskalische Kosten einer steuerlichen Förderung von Forschung und Entwicklung in Deutschland: Eine empirische Analyse verschiedener Gestaltungsoptionen
Elschner, Christina; Ernst, Christof; Spengel, Christoph - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2010
für KMU und große Unternehmen kann die Aufkommensausfälle wirksam begrenzen. Eine Kappungsgrenze in Höhe eines absoluten …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008531772
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The Impact of R&D Tax Incentives on R&D Costs and Income Tax Burden
Elschner, Christina; Ernst, Christof - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2008
We analyse R&D tax incentives in a detailed way considering a multi-period setting and economic assumptions which reflect a realistic economic environment. We measure the incentive's impact on the firm's total tax payments and the R&D cost by means of the simulation model European Tax Analyzer....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097633