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Profit-sharing and innovation
Aerts, Kris; Kraft, Kornelius; Lang, Julia - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013
We investigate the effect of profit-sharing on product and process innovation. Profit-sharing is a credible commitment … that the introduction of profit-sharing only spurs product innovation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010957731
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Drivers for international innovation activities in developed and emerging countries
Schmiele, Anja - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2009
This paper aims to shed light on firm specific drivers that lead firms to internationalise their innovation activities …’s competitive environment and the influence of innovation obstacles in the home country. In particular, the role of the potential … used to observe their impact on the decision to locate innovation activities in various countries and regions (China …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008469767
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Access to research inputs: Open science versus the entrepreneurial university
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Grimpe, Christoph; Pellens, Maikel - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014
The viability of modern open science norms and practices depend on public disclosure of new knowledge, methods, and materials. However, increasing industry funding of research can restrict the dissemination of results and materials. We show, through a survey sample of 837 German scientists in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010957657
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Delay and secrecy: Does industry sponsorship jeopardize disclosure of academic research?
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Grimpe, Christoph; Toole, Andrew A. - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2011
The viability of modern open science norms and practices depend on public disclosure of new knowledge, methods, and materials. Aggregate data from the OECD show a broad shift in the institutional financing structure that supports academic research from public to private sponsorship. This paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008869222
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R&D and Firm Performance in a Transition Economy
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Kraft, Kornelius - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2006
We estimate the effects of R&D on firms' credit ratings and on financial distress. The main purpose is the comparison of firms in Western Germany and Eastern Germany as a transitional economy. Innovative activity has a positive impact on firm value proxied by ratings in Western Germany, but a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098291
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Innovation budgeting over the business cycle and innovation performance
Hud, Martin; Rammer, Christian - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2015
economic prospects, firms had to cut costs and reconsider their business strategies. With respect to innovation, cost cutting … often means to stop or underresource innovation projects which may harm a firm's long-term competitiveness. Firms may … therefore refrain from reducing innovation budgets during crises but rather deliberately allocate more resources to innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011269125
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Resource allocation flexibility for innovation performance: The effects of breadth, uncertainty, and selectiveness
Klingebiel, Ronald; Rammer, Christian - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2011
Our study shows empirically that the choice of resource allocation strategy affects innovation performance. A policy of … allocating resources to a broader range of innovation projects increases sales of new products, especially if these are truly … stronger for firms that allocate resources more selectively at later stages of the innovation process. Based on these results …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009646601
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008500713
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Innovation Success of Non-R&D-Performers: Substituting Technology by Management in SMEs
Spielkamp, Alfred; Czarnitzki, Dirk; Rammer, Christian - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2008
This paper investigates the impact of in-house R&D and innovation management practices on innovation success in small … innovation management tools in order to achieve innovation success. We analyse whether such a strategy can pay off. Based on data … from the German CIS we find that R&D activities are a main driver for innovation success if combined with external R …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097673
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Drivers and Effects of Internationalising Innovation by SMEs
Rammer, Christian; Schmiele, Anja - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2008
This paper investigates the drivers and effects of the internationalisation of innovation activities in SMEs based on a … large data set of German firms covering the period 2002-2007. We look at different stages of the innovation process (R …, home market competition and innovationrelated location advantages for an SME's decision to engage in innovation activities …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097716