, and experimental work. All studies deal with the innovation effects of public procurement, that is, the purchase by … governments of goods and services. The idea that public procurement can stimulate innovation originates from the seminal work of … Joseph Schumpeter and Jacob Schmookler, which suggests that innovation is sensible to general demand conditions. However …

intellectual property rights and of offshoring costs on the rate of innovation and on the offshoring intensity. In chapter 4 I …

analysis reveals that growth in innovation stocks via increasedR&D in specialized and science-based industries spurred … lacking such effects. Moreover, these specialized and science-basedindustries experienced strong innovation and productivity …

Die vorliegende Studie wurde im Arbeitsbereich Humankapital und Innovation erstellt und im Dezember 2010 abgeschlossen …

Using unique micro-data on German firms, this paper estimates the effect of restrictive bank lending on innovation. In … restrictive bank lending increases a firm’s probability of discontinuing innovation projects by 21.6 percentage points. …

-business technology with uncertain quality depending on its innovation and adoption cost and both firms’ adoption timing. When innovation …

This paper analyzes empirically the effects of innovation on employment at the firm levelusing a uniquely long panel … innovation categories. We find clearly positive effects for product and processinnovations on employment growth with the effects …