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This paper analyses the relationship between firm productivity and export behavior in German manufacturing firms. We examine whether productivity increases the probability of exporting, and assert that there is a causal relationship from high productivity to entering foreign markets, as...
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analysis by juxtaposing the ?economic? view inherent in Gene Grossman?s work on ?Japan?s Innovation and Trade? with the …
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This paper tests some of the predictions of recent advances in trade theory that have focused on different trade 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...
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In recent years, firms have increasingly contributed to and been confronted with a patent landscape characterized by numerous but marginal inventions, overlapping claims and patent fences. Literature suggests that both the fragmentation of ownership and the threat of a firm's patent applications...
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Globalization has provided many companies with new opportunities for growth and efficiency. This requires them to …
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This study focuses on the early stages of international innovation activities, i.e. the organizational processes …
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Globalization has set new paradigms, especially in the business world. Breakthroughs in technology (telecommunications … for innovation at home. We suggest a combination of three factors to identify and explain such innovation strategies … customers as a source for innovation that is more beneficial to standardized products and becomes more feasible if the lead …
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Does globalization restrict the leeway for national budgetary policy? With the help of cluster and discriminant … dimensions are included in the analysis: tax structure, expenditure structure, public debt and budget size. Globalization as a … globalization does indeed matter for government budgets. However, substantial room for an individual national policy particularly in …
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Are the characteristics of the exchange rate regime relevant for the degree of fiscal discipline? What are the conclusions for fiscal behavior in Europe after the transition to EMU? These are the central questions that are analyzed in this paper from a theoretical point of view. After a general...
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The process of globalization has an important impact on national tax policies. Most of the literature on taxation of …
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