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Executive board composition and bank risk taking

Berger, Allen N.; Kick, Thomas; Schaeck, Klaus - 2012

Little is known about how socioeconomic characteristics of executive teams affect corporate governance in banking. Exploiting a unique dataset, we show how age, gender, and education composition of executive teams affect risk taking of financial institutions. First, we establish that age,...

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The internationalisation of British and German start-up companies in high-technology industries

Bürgel, Oliver; Fier, Andreas; Licht, Georg; Murray, Gordon - 1998

Established theories in international business come to different conclusions when specifically applied to the analysis of the international activities of start-up companies in high-technology industries. Using a new dataset of 495 British and German start-ups operating in high-technology...

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Citation frequency and the value of patented innovation

Harhoff, Dietmar; Narin, Francis; Scherer, Frederic M.; … - 1997

Through a survey, economic value estimates were obtained on 962 inventions made in the United States and Germany and on … was subsequently cited. results from two wide-ranging surveys, one in Germany and one in the United States, support … expiration in environments such as Germany with highly progressive annual maintenance fees are more valuable and more highly …

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Exploring the tail of patented invention value distributions

Harhoff, Dietmar; Scherer, Frederic M.; Vopel, Katrin - 1997

Patent renewal studies reveal a highly rightward-skewed distribution of patent values. Our approach elicits valuations approximating those of the patented invention. This paper focuses on the full-term patents of the application year 1977 held by West German and U.S. residents. The tail of...

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Do companies benefit from public research organizations? : the impact of the Fraunhofer Society in Germany

Comin, Diego; Licht, Georg; Pellens, Maikel; Schubert, … - 2019

organization in Germany. We analyse whether project interaction with Fraunhofer affects the performance and strategic orientation …

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The distinct features of hidden champions in Germany : a dynamic capabilities view

Rammer, Christian; Spielkamp, Alfred - 2019

Hidden Champions (HCs) are firms unknown to the wider public, but global leaders in the niche markets they serve. This paper looks at distinctive features of these firms, focusing on their dynamic capabilities. Employing a unique data base on German firms, we identify a representative sample of...

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R&D and productivity in German manufacturing firms

Harhoff, Dietmar - 1994 - Rev. ed

This paper uses a new firm panel data set to explore the relationship between R&D and productivity in German manufacturing firms for the period from 1979 to 1989. The results confirm the view that R&D is an important determinant of productivity growth. In the cross-section, the elasticity of...

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Appropriability, opportunity, firm size and innovation activities : empirical results using East and West German firm level data

Felder, Johannes; Licht, Georg; Nerlinger, Eric A.; … - 1995

activities in small and medium sized enterprises in Germany. (4) Our data base includes R&D performers as well as non …

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Is the German apprenticeship system a panacea for the US labour market?

Harhoff, Dietmar; Kane, Thomas J. - 1995

market outcomes for apprentices in Germany and high school graduates in the United States. Apprentices in Germany occupy a … provide evidence that the problem of forming labor market bonds is particularly acute for minority youth in Germany as well as …

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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...

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