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Money for novelty: The role of venture capital investments for innovation in young technology-based firms
Heger, Diana - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013
This paper examines the role of venture capital on a firm's innovation activities by using a data set of German … technology-based firms founded between 1996 and 2005. Innovation is proxied by patent counts and an index of innovativeness which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010957632
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Persistence of Innovation: Stylised Facts and Panel Data Evidence
Peters, Bettina - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2005
This paper investigates whether firms innovate persistently or discontinuously over time using an innovation panel data … set on German manufacturing and service firms for the period 1994?2002. We find that innovation behaviour is permanent at … innovation experience, the results further highlight the important role of knowledge provided by skilled employees and unobserved …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098235
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Combining technology and work organization: An analysis of complementarity between IT and decentralization across firms of different size
Rasel, Fabienne - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014
This paper examines whether information technology (IT) and decentralized work organization are complementary only for large firms or also for smaller firms. Empirical evidence, which suggests complementarity between IT and decentralization, is mainly based on large firms. Using data from a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010957612
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Mobile and more productive? Firm-level evidence on the productivity effects of mobile internet use at the early stage of diffusion
Bertschek, Irene; Niebel, Thomas - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013
Mobile internet access allows for flexibility with respect to working time and working place. We analyse whether employees' use of mobile internet access improves firms' labour productivity. Our data set comprises 2460 German firms and refers to the year 2010, when mobile internet started its...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010957699
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Benefits of Control, capital structure and company growth
Mueller, Elisabeth - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2005
This paper studies the influence of the benefits of control on the capital structure and the growth of private companies for a sample of 8,964 UK companies with limited liability observed for up to 5 years. It is hypothesised that companies in which existing owners would lose more control if...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097529
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Building and Blocking: The Two Faces of Technology Acquisition
Grimpe, Christoph; Hussinger, Katrin - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2008
Gaining access to technological assets and patents, in particular, has long been a major motive and objective for firm acquisitions. On the one hand, patents are used as a building instrument for the acquirer's technology portfolio. On the other hand, patents can be attractive because of their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097577
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Bankruptcy and Voluntary Liquidation: Evidence for New Firms in East and West Germany after Unification
Prantl, Susanne - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2003
Exploiting the unique economic situation after German unification, I investigate how exit decisions deviate between new firms in a transition and a comparatively stable market environment. Two competing exit mechanisms are considered: entrepreneurial self-selection via voluntary liquidation and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097747
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Absorptive Capacity: One Size Fits All? Firm-level Analysis of Absorptive Capacity for Different Kinds of Knowledge
Schmidt, Tobias - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2005
from research institutions. Using data from the German innovation survey we investigate how firms are able to exploit … knowledge from external partners for successful innovation activities. The estimation results show that the determinants of … absorptive capacity differ with respect to the type of knowledge absorbed for innovation activities. In particular we find that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097986
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Firm Acquisitions and Technology Strategy: Corporate versus Private Equity Investors
Hussinger, Katrin; Grimpe, Christoph - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2007
Over the last few years, worldwide mergers and acquisitions (M&A) have increased sharply both in terms of value and volume. This development has not only been driven by corporate acquirers but also to an increasing extent by private equity investors. In this paper, we analyze differences in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098177
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Building and Blocking: The Two Faces of Technology Acquisition
Grimpe, Christoph; Hussinger, Katrin - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2009
Gaining access to technological assets and patents, in particular, has long been a major motive and objective for firm acquisitions. On the one hand, patents are used as a building instrument for the acquirer's technology portfolio. On the other hand, patents can be attractive because of their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098183