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The Role of Creative Industries in Industrial Innovation
Trüby, Johannes; Rammer, Christian; Müller, Kathrin - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2008
This paper analyses the role of creative industries in affecting an economy's innovation performance. We conducted a … innovative sectors in the economy. They support innovation in a variety of other sectors through creative inputs, such as ideas … for new products (i.e. innovation content), supplementary products and services (such as software) or marketing support …
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The Effect of Relative Age in the First Grade of Primary School on Long-Term Scholastic Results: International Comparative Evidence using PISA 2003
Sprietsma, Maresa - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2007
In this paper, we estimate the effect of pupil?s relative age within the first grade of primary school on math and reading test scores at age 15. The main objective is to evaluate the long-term causal effect of relative age in the first grades of primary school on pupil?s test in 16 different...
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The economics of crime: investigating the drugs-crime channel: empirical evidence from panel data of the German states
Entorf, Horst; Winkler, Peter - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2001
The rising trends both in drug addiction and crime rates are of major public concern in Germany. Surprisingly, the economic theory of crime seems to ignore the drugs?crime nexus, whereas the criminological literature considers illicit drug use a main reason of criminal activities. This paper...
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Understanding the effects of violent video games on violent crime
Cunningham, A. Scott; Engelstätter, Benjamin; Ward, … - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2011
Psychological studies invariably find a positive relationship between violent video game play and aggression. However, these studies cannot account for either aggressive effects of alternative activities video game playing substitutes for or the possible selection of relatively violent people...
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Mobile network interconnection and investments
Veith, Tobias - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2009
Abstract In markets with competing interconnected networks like mobile telecommunication markets investments affect the investor’s and also any competitors’ profits. In a theoretical model it is shown that cost-reducing investments reduce the investor’s termination rates and increase...
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Hidden champions - how young and small technology-oriented firms can attain high export-sales ratios
Fryges, Helmut - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2006
Determinants of a firm?s export-sales ratio (degree of internationalisation) are frequently discussed in the literature related to individual firms? export activities. Stylised facts show a positive relationship between firm size and firm age on the one hand and the firm?s export-sales ratio on...
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The Export-Growth Relationship: Estimating a Dose-Response Function
Fryges, Helmut - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2006
The relationship between individual firms? export behaviour and firm performance has been studied extensively in the economic literature. However, most studies from the field of economics only distinguish between exporting and non-exporting companies, using the firms? export status as a binary...
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Productivity, Growth, and Internationalisation: The Case of German and British High Techs
Fryges, Helmut - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2004
International engagement is often expected to improve firm performance. Especially for small technology-oriented firms, export activities may be important, being regarded as one way to amortise these firms? high product research and development costs. This paper examines the relationship between...
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The Change of Sales Modes in International Markets: Empirical Results for German and British High-Tech Firms
Fryges, Helmut - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2005
The choice of the appropriate sales mode belongs to the firm?s most important strategic decisions after entering into a foreign market. Thus, it is important that the selected foreign sales mode best suits a firm?s available resources and capabilities. However, these resources and capabilities...
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Technology transfer and the Internet: a chance for outsiders at public science to get into the business?
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Rammer, Christian - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2001
The Internet is receiving increasing attention as a medium for technology transfer between public research and the enterprise sector. Based on a survey of public research units in natural sciences and engineering in Germany, we analyse the determinants of firm contacts established via the...
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