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IT outsourcing and employment growth at the firm level

Ohnemus, Jörg - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2010

Outsourcing is widely associated with accompanied job losses in the outsourcing firm, at least in the short run …. However, the medium and long run effects of outsourcing on employment growth might still be positive. This paper particularly … focuses on IT outsourcing and its medium-term effects on employment growth. Therefore, a three year time period from 2003 to …

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Fit and complementarity: cognitive distance and combined competence as predictors of co-operative R&D projects' outcomes in Europe

Zibell, Laurent; Allen, Peter M. - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2009

This article considers cognitive distance and combined competence as predictors of concrete outcomes in co-operative Research and Development projects. The operationalisation is based upon a dedicated survey, answered by matched pairs of projects managers in partnering organisations, addressing...

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An international cohort comparison of size effects on job growth

Anyadike-Danes, Michael; Bjuggren, Carl-Magnus; … - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014

The contribution of different-sized businesses to job creation continues to attract policymakers' attention, however, it has recently been recognized that conclusions about size were confounded with the effect of age. We probe the role of size, controlling for age, by comparing the cohorts of...

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Modelling production cost scenarios for biofuels and fossil fuels in Europe

Festel, Gunter; Würmseher, Martin; Rammer, Christian; … - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013

This paper presents the results of a calculation model for biofuel production costs in 2015 and 2020 based on raw material price projections and considering scale and learning effects. Distinguishing six types of biofuels, the paper finds that scale economies and learning effects are critical...

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Job machine, think tank, or both: What makes corporate spinoffs different?

Fryges, Helmut; Müller, Bettina; Niefert, Michaela - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013

One way through which knowledge and technology transfer can take place is through the foundation of new firms by former employees of incumbent private firms. In this paper, we examine whether knowledge transferred from the incumbent causally affect employment growth and postentry innovation...

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If you don't succeed, should you try again? The role of entrepreneurial experience in venture survival

Gottschalk, Sandra; Greene, Francis J.; Höwer, Daniel; … - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014

There remains considerable scholarly debate about the role that prior entrepreneurial experience plays in new venture survival. Drawing on entrepreneurial learning theories, we use panel data on 8,400 new ventures to investigate the impact of four different types of prior entrepreneurial...

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Gründerinnen auf dem Vormarsch? Die Entwicklung der Beteiligung von Frauen am Gründungsgeschehen

Niefert, Michaela; Gottschalk, Sandra - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013

Die Zahl der Frauen, die sich selbständig machen, sowie deren Anteil an allen Eintritten in die Selb-ständigkeit haben laut Mikrozensus seit Beginn der neunziger Jahre stark zugenommen. Die Zunahme beschränkt sich jedoch weitgehend auf selbständige Tätigkeiten, die ohne Beschäftigte und...

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University spinoffs and the 'performance premium'

Czarnitzki, Dirk; Rammer, Christian; Toole, Andrew A. - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013

The creation of spinoff companies is often promoted as a desirable mechanism for transferring knowledge and technologies from research organizations to the private sector for commercialization. In the promotion process, policymakers typically treat these 'university' spinoffs like industry...

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University research alliances, absorptive capacity, and the contribution of startups to employment growths

Toole, Andrew A.; Czarnitzki, Dirk; Rammer, Christian - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014

This paper examines how university research alliances and other cooperative links with universities contribute to startup employment growth. We argue that 'scientific absorptive capacity' at the startup is critical for reaping the benefits from university research alliances, but not necessarily...

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Personal Experience: A Most Vicious and Limited Circle!? On the Role of Entrepreneurial Experience for Firm Survival

Metzger, Georg - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2007

The analysis in this paper gives attention to effects on firm survival which come from entrepreneurial experience. It is likely that different kinds of experience result in different firm developments and therefore in different types of firm exit. Particular emphasis is placed upon the effects...

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