This paper analyses the relationship between firm productivity and export behavior in German manufacturing firms. We … productivity to entering foreign markets, as postulated by the recent literature on international trade with heterogeneous firms …. Moreover, we apply a matching technique in order to analyze whether the presence in international markets enabled firms to …

patterns of firms within the same sector. Helpman, Melitz and Yeaple (2005) develop a model in which innate productivity … differences between firms determine the degree of international engagement of firms: The least productive firms produce for the … domestic market, better performers engage in export activities, and the top firms establish foreign subsidiaries. Using German …

manufacturing productivity growth. There is no strong evidence in the literature on the existence of such link. Our work, however … analysis is based on larger and more representative samples of firms including small firms. Finally, an econometric framework …

manufacturing and service firms regarding process innovations were found. Finally, from a cross country perspective the results for …

effect is independent of the novelty degree. Moreover, different employment effects between manufacturing and service firms … activities, this paper reports new results on the relationship between innovation and employment growth in manufacturing and … service firms in Germany. The model is tailor-made for analysing firm-level employment effects of innovations using specific …

This paper examines the management practices of German firms with obligations under the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU … ETS) based on six structured in-depth interviews with managers of firms from different industries and based on survey data …

Using firm-level data from the German manufacturing sector, we estimate a dynamic, structural model of the firm …

growth at the sector level by performing growth accounting analyses. We find that German firms have boosted investments in … firms invest a higher proportion of gross output in R&D in all sectors, and advertising is also more common except for the … varies between 0.17 (construction) and 0.59 (manufacturing) percentage points. In manufacturing, financial and business …

moderates the relationship between innovation inputs and outputs. Based on a sample of more than 4,500 firms from ten European …

practitioner discussions. Firms have to connect their in-house R&D activities with external partners, such as leading customers or … sample of more than 5,000 firms from five European countries. The results support our hypotheses and highlight the potentials …