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The contribution of international R&D to firm profitability
Peters, Bettina; Schmiele, Anja - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2011
Innovation Survey (CIS). The empirical results demonstrate that R&D location matters for profitability. Firms with both domestic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008869230
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Measuring Knowledge Spillovers in Manufacturing and Services: An Empirical Assessment of Alternative Approaches
Kaiser, Ulrich - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 1999
knowledge spillovers are unmeasurable, a 'goodness of fit' measure is constructed using innovation survey data. It turns out … measures constructed from innovation survey data appear to work reasonably well while measures of the Euclidean technological …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097732
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An Empirical Analysis of the Effects of Patents and Secrecy on Knowledge Spillovers
Schmidt, Tobias - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2006
protection methods in an industry on the innovation activities of firms using external knowledge. One goal is to assess if firms … have moved to a more open innovation business model, i.e. allow more knowledge spillovers to occur despite using protection … methods. Our estimations show that the usage of both, patents and secrecy, hinders the innovation activities of firms through …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098019
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Research Cooperation and Research Expenditures with Endogenous Absorptive Capacity: Theory and Microeconometric Evidence for the German Service Sector
Kaiser, Ulrich - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2000
collaborate in R&D is increasing in R&D productivity. The key findings of the theoretical model are tested using German innovation … survey data for the service sector. A simultaneous model for cooperation choice and innovation expenditures shows that R …&D cooperation has a weakly significant positive effect on innovation expenditures. The empirical results broadly support the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098036
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Public research and industrial innovations in Germany
Beise, Marian; Stahl, Harald - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 1998
This paper deals with the effects of publicly funded research at universities, polytechnics and federal research labs on industrial innovations in Germany. We discuss the characteristics of companies that benefit from the findings of public research institutions. In questioning 2,300 companies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098131
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A simple game-theoretical framework for studying R&D expenditures and R&D cooperation
Kaiser, Ulrich - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2001
This paper derives a three stage Cournot duopoly game for research collaboration, research expenditures and product market competition. The amount of knowledge firms can absorb is made dependent on their own research efforts, e.g. firms? absorptive capacity is treated as an endogenous variable....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098261
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Knowledge diffusion and knowledge transfer: two sides of the medal
Klarl, Torben - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2009
Understanding the way in which knowledge is technically produced and transferred, and how its diffusion path can be characterized is of fundamental importance for the performance of an economy. Although this fact seems to be plausible ex ante, the relevant literature so far has paid less...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008474667
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011071765
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010957596
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Minimum wages and competition: The case of the German roofing sector
Kraft, Kornelius; Rammer, Christian; Gottschalk, Sandra - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2012
This paper analyses the effects of minimum wages on competition in the German roofing sector. The case is particularly interesting since this sector is faced with a uniform minimum wage despite significant regional disparities in productivity and wages. As a control industry we take the plumbing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010957738