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Does experience matter? : innovations and the productivity of ICT in German services
Hempell, Thomas - 2002
In this paper, it is argued that ICT investment is closely linked with complementary innovations and most productive in firms with innovative experience. In an analysis based on firm-level panel data covering the period 1994-99, system GMM estimates for an extended production function framework...
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Business services in Germany : bridges for innovation
Czarnitzki, Dirk - 2000
During the last 20 years, R&D and innovation activities in the service sector have clearly increased. Especially …" of technological information within the economy. They are providers, purchasers or partners in the context of innovation …. A sound innovation capacity, especially knowledge, creativity, market and management skills let them become bridges for …
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The impact of the introduction of the Euro on firms' expectations concerning export behavior, product innovation and foreign competition : an empirical assessment of the German bus...
Kaiser, Ulrich; Müller, Claudia - 1998
in their expectations that the Euro will increase export activity and product innovation, but significantly more East …
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Delegating pricing power to customers : pay what you want or name your own price?
Krämer, Marius-Florentin; Schmidt, Klaus M.; Spann, Martin - 2017
Pay What You Want (PWYW) and Name Your Own Price (NYOP) are customer driven pricing mechanisms that give customers …
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Productivity growth, knowledge flows and spillovers
Crespi, Gustavo; Criscuolo, Chiara; Haskel, Jonathan; … - 2007
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The determinants of service imports : the role of cost pressure and financial constraints
Biewen, Elena; Harsch, Daniela; Spies, Julia - 2012
This study provides evidence on how German multinational firms have restructured their service activities around the recent crisis. Making use of new micro-level data on service imports of German multinationals from 2002-2008, we assess the determinants of service offshoring along the extensive...
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Rethinking deindustrialization
Bernard, Andrew B.; Smeets, Valerie; Warzynski, Frederic - 2016
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Managerial ownership and firm performance in German small and medium-sized enterprises
Müller, Elisabeth (contributor);  … - 2002 - [Elektronische Ressource]
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Managerial ownership and firm performance in German small and medium-sized enterprises
Müller, Elisabeth; Spitz-Oener, Alexandra - 2001
We analyze the relationship between managerial ownership and company performance, testing the incentive and entrenchment hypothesis. Differently from previous literature, we focus on small and medium-sized private enterprises which constitute an important part of the German economy. We use a...
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