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The power of individual-level drivers of inventive performance

Zwick, Thomas; Frosch, Katharina; Hoisl, Karin; … - 2015

Based on an established theoretical framework of the drivers of inventive performance, the so-called KSAO (Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Other) factors, this paper seeks to explain empirically the performance of inventors throughout their careers. We combine survey information spanning the...

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Motives for innovation co-coperation : evidence from the Canadian survey of innovation

Schmidt, Tobias (contributor) - 2007

In this paper we analyse the decision of firms in the Canadian manufacturing sector to co-operate on innovation … innovation activities, which influence the motives for innovation co-operation. Using data from the Canadian Survey of Innovation …

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Absorptive capacity - one size fits all? : A firm-level analysis of absorptive capacity for different kinds of knowledge

Schmidt, Tobias (contributor) - 2005

from research institutions. Using data from the German innovation survey we investigate how firms are able to exploit … knowledge from external partners for successful innovation activities. The estimation results show that the determinants of … absorptive capacity differ with respect to the type of knowledge absorbed for innovation activities. In particular we find that …

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Empirical evidence on the success of R&D co-operation : happy together?

Aschhoff, Birgit (contributor); Schmidt, Tobias (contributor) - 2006

In this paper we analyse the effect of R&D co-operation on firms’ innovation performance. We investigate the effect of …-operation partners. The analysis rests on firm-level data from two consecutive waves of the annual German innovation survey. We find that …

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Institutionalized Incentives for Ingenuity – Patent Value and the German Employees’ Inventions Act

Harhoff, Dietmar; Hoisl, Karin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006

Germany is one of few countries in which the monetary compensation for inventors is not only determined by negotiations between employer and employee-inventor, but also by relatively precise legal provisions. In this paper, we describe the characteristics of the German Employees’ Inventions...

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Two for the price of one? : On additionality effects of R&D subsidies ; a comparison between Flanders and Germany

Aerts, Kris (contributor); Schmidt, Tobias (contributor) - 2006

, using firm level data from the Flemish and German part of the Community Innovation survey (CIS III and IV). Both the non …

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Invalid but infringed? : an analysis of Germany’s bifurcated patent litigation system

Cremers, Katrin; Gaessler, Fabian; Harhoff, Dietmar; … - 2014

We analyze the impact of the probabilistic nature of patents on the functioning of Germany’s bifurcated patent litigation system where infringement and validity of a patent are decided independently by different courts. We show that bifurcation creates situations in which a patent is held...

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International cooperation on innovation : empirical evidence for German and Portuguese firms

Faria, Pedro (contributor); Schmidt, Tobias (contributor) - 2007

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 two countries. Using a bivariate probit model, we show that the …

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Non-technological and technological innovation : strange dedfellows?

Schmidt, Tobias (contributor); Rammer, Christian (contributor) - 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 technological innovation, and their effects to firm performance and success …

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Lost in translation : empirical evidence for liability of foreignness as barries to knowledge spillovers

Schmidt, Tobias (contributor); Sofka, Wolfgang (contributor) - 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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