This paper deals with the innovation behavior and the R&D activities at the firm level in East Germany. The theoretical … innovation and R&D lack at the firm level. …

on industrial innovations in Germany. We discuss the characteristics of companies that benefit from the findings of … innovating firms introduced innovations between 1993 and 1995 that would not have been developed without public research. These … ability to absorb the findings of public research and turn them into innovations. Contrary to the widely held opinion that …

This paper examines empirically the relationship between innovation and market structure within a simultaneous … concentration. In contrast, competition enforces innovation, i.e. sales concentration has a negative impact on R&D. …

We study how profit taxation affects plants' R&D spending and innovation activities. Relying on geocoded survey panel …