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Lost in Translation: Empirical Evidence for Liability of Foreignness as a Barrier to Knowledge Spillovers
Sofka, Wolfgang; Schmidt, Tobias - 2006
Entering host country networks of knowledge flows (new competencies, innovative technologies, and lead-market knowledge) is a major rationale of multinational firms for investing abroad. Foreign firms find it difficult to overcome cultural and social barriers which make their foreign engagements...
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Citation Frequency and the Value of Patented Innovation
Vopel, Katrin; Scherer, Frederic M.; Narin, Francis; … - 1997
Through a survey, economic value estimates were obtained on 962 inventions made in the United States and Germany and on which German patent renewal fees were paid to full-term expiration in 1995. A search of subsequent U.S. and German patents yielded a count of citations to those patents....
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Die Evolution der bundesdeutschen Forschungs- und Technologiepolitik: Rückblick und Bestandsaufnahme
Fier, Andreas; Harhoff, Dietmar - 2001
In Deutschland beanspruchen gleich zwei Ressorts, das Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) sowie das … Förderinstrumentariums zu dem Schluss, dass insbesondere die Wirkungsforschung in Deutschland noch unterentwickelt ist und vor neuen …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297798
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Non-technological and Technological Innovation: Strange Bedfellows?
Schmidt, Tobias; Rammer, Christian - 2007
Non-technological innovation is an important element of firms? innovation activities that both supplement and complement technological innovation, i.e. the introduction of new products and new processes. We analyse the spread of nontechnological innovation in firms, their relation to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297939
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International Cooperation on Innovation: Empirical Evidence for German and Portuguese Firms
Faria, Pedro; Schmidt, Tobias - 2007
In this paper we investigate the factors that lead firms to cooperate with partners from foreign countries on innovation activities. Portuguese and German data from the harmonised Community Innovation Survey (CIS III) allow us to compare innovation cooperation behaviour of private firms in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297950
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Firm formation and regional spillovers: evidence from Germany
Harhoff, Dietmar - 1995
This paper studies the effect of regional spillovers on the rate of firm formation in two major West German industries for the time period from 1989 to 1993. I exploit regional variations in firm formation at the county level to identify the effects of historically given industry structure and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299624
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An information economics perspective on main bank relationships and firm R&D
Hoewer, Daniel; Schmidt, Tobias; Sofka, Wolfgang - 2011
Information economics has emerged as the primary theoretical lens for framing financing decisions in firm R&D investment. Successful outcomes of R&D projects are either ex-ante impossible to predict or the information is asymmetrically distributed between inventors and investors. As a result,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010306611
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Innovationen auf Bestellung? Was von einer stärkeren Nachfrageorientierung in der Innovationspolitik zu halten ist
Dauchert, Helge; Harhoff, Dietmar; Llerena, Patrick; … - In: ifo Schnelldienst 66 (2013) 05, pp. 3-19
Wirtschaftswachstum in Deutschland und international eine neue Dynamik entfaltet. Helge Dauchert, Dietmar Harhoff und Patrick Llerena … Deutschland im Jahr 2008 auf etwa 13% des BIP belief. Generell sehen die Autoren durchaus Potenzial für eine stärkere … Beschaffungswesens in Deutschland und fehlender Anreize für die Beschaffungsverantwortlichen zum Einkauf innovativer Leistungen häufig …
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International cooperation on innovation : empirical evidence for German and Portuguese firms
Faria, Pedro (contributor); Schmidt, Tobias (contributor) - 2007
In this paper we investigate the factors that lead firms to cooperate with partners from foreign countries on innovation activities. Portuguese and German data from the harmonised Community Innovation Survey (CIS III) allow us to compare innovation cooperation behaviour of private firms in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003554673
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Citation frequency and the value of patented innovation
Harhoff, Dietmar; Narin, Francis; Scherer, Frederic M.; … - 1997
ermittelt, die den Patentschutz durch Zahlung der Verlängerungsgebühren von 1977 bis 1995 in Deutschland aufrechterhalten hatten …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011417779