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The construction of a low cost airline network

Hüschelrath, Kai; Müller, Kathrin; Bilotkach, Volodymyr - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2011

The paper investigates the construction of a low cost airline network by analyzing JetBlue Airways' entry decisions …-varying covariates, we find that JetBlue consistently avoided concentrated airports and targeted concentrated routes; network economies … network carriers. Non-stop entry into existing non-stop markets, however, shows that JetBlue concentrated on longer …

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The impact on innovation off-shoring on organizational adaptability

Baier, Elisabeth; Rammer, Christian; Schuber, Torben - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013

We analyze the effects of captive off-shoring of innovation activities on the firms' ability to adapt their organizational processes and structures. Starting from complexity theory, we use three consecutive waves of the German part of the Community Innovation Survey to test our hypotheses. We...

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Trade and technology: New evidence on the productivity sorting of firms

Bertschek, Irene; Hogrefe, Jan; Rasel, Fabienne - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013

Using a unique German firm-level data set, we provide empirical evidence for a productivity sorting along two dimensions: international activity and technology choice. We consider domestic and exporting firms and measure technology choice by firms' actual use of advanced information technology...

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Productivity effects of basic research in low-tech and high-tech industries

Czarnitzki, Dirk; Thorwarth, Susanne - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2012

R&D encompasses plenty of activities which are usually summarized under the terms of basic research, applied research and development. Although basic research is often associated with low appropriability it provides the fundamental basis for subsequent applied research and development....

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Offshoring and ICT: Evidence for German manufacturing and service firms

Rasel, Fabienne - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2012

In this paper, I analyse the relationship between offshoring and ICT at the firm level differentiating between manufacturing and services. Using firm-level data from the manufacturing and service sector in Germany and a broad range of ICT measures, overall, the results reveal a positive...

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IT outsourcing - A source of innovation? Microeconometric evidence for Germany

Irene, Bertschek.; Erdsiek, Daniel - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2012

Do firms sourcing out IT services redirect their resources to innovation activity? We attempt to answer this question by analysing a firm-level data set comprising 1453 firms from the German manufacturing and services sectors. Using different measures of IT outsourcing (ITO), the econometric...

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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 of the companies to let the employees participate in any efficiency gain. Resistance against technical progress becomes less plausible. Moreover, employees are stimulated to...

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Technology Use, Organisational Flexibility and Innovation: Evidence for Germany

Hempell, Thomas; Zwick, Thomas - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2005

This paper investigates to what extent the usage of information and communication technology (ICT) fosters innovation activities by facilitating more flexible organisational structures in firms. We distinguish between functional flexibility (the ability of workers to co-operate and take...

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Does Work Time Flexibility Work? An Empirical Assessment of the Efficiency Effects for German Firms

Wolf, Elke; Beblo, Miriam - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2004

In this paper we assess the impact of flexible work time schedules on firm efficiency using representative establishment data for Germany. Following the approach by Battese and Coelli (1995), we estimate a stochastic production frontier and the determinants of technical efficiency...

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Arbeitszeiten im Wandel: Welche Rolle spielt die Veränderung der Wirtschaftsstruktur?

Wolf, Elke - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 1999

In dieser Analyse wird auf Basis der Mikrozensen aus den Jahren 1991, 1993 und 1995 die zunehmende Verbreitung der Arbeitszeitflexibilisierung in der Bundesrepublik nachgezeichnet. Anschließend wird untersucht, inwieweit diese auf die Veränderung der Wirtschaftsstruktur zurückzuführen ist....

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