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Endogenous Firm Heterogeneity, ICT and R&D Incentives
Cequera, Daniel; Klein, Gordon J. - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2008
Firm heterogeneity explains the productivity driven selection mechanism that determines aggregate productivity growth within industries. This paper empirically demonstrates that ICT has a robust impact on firm heterogeneity only when ICT is used intensively and jointly with specific ICT...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098063
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Open Source, ICT infrastructure and firm performance
Cerquera Dussán, Daniel; Müller, Bettina - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2009
This paper empirically studies the impact of the adoption of open source software (OSS) on firms' labor productivity and innovative behavior. Using a representative sample of German firms, the results show that the adoption of OSS operating systems for servers and general OSS applications has no...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008615600
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The Erosion of Union Membership in Germany: Determinants, Densities, Decompositions
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Kohn, Karsten; Wang, Qingwei - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2006
Union density in Germany has declined remarkably during the last two decades. We estimate socio-economic and workplace-related determinants of union membership in East and West Germany using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel by means of Chamberlain-Mundlack correlated random effects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097557
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A Test of the Quality of Concentration Indices
Heger, Diana; Kraft, Kornelius - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2008
Theory predicts a positive relationship between market concentration and profitability in most scenarios. In empirical … and profitability. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098018
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Barriers to Entry and Profitability
Heger, Diana; Kraft, Kornelius - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2008
if they are not. We present empirical evidence on effects of perceived threat of entry on profitability. Using … profitability is confirmed. The number and the relative size of competitors also exert considerable effects. We find no …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098333
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Exports and Profitability: First Evidence for German Manufacturing Firms
Fryges, Helmut; Wagner, Joachim - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2008
Germany, this paper presents the first comprehensive evidence on the relationship between exports and profitability. It … documents that the positive profitability differential of exporters compared to non-exporters is statistically significant …. Instead, we use a newly developed continuous treatment approach and show that exporting improves the profitability almost over …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097994
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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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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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Drivers for international innovation activities in developed and emerging countries
Schmiele, Anja - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2009
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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Intergenerational Poverty Dynamics in Poland: Family Background and Children's Educational Attainment During Transition
Lauer, Charlotte; Beblo, Miriam - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2002
In this paper, we analyse the intergenerational transmission of poverty from Polish parents to their children through children´s educational attainment during the transition process of the 1990s. The relationship between family background and education is investigated using an ordered probit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098337