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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 … services. About 8 percent of total employment in West Germany is in business services. In particular, by taking advantage of …" of technological information within the economy. They are providers, purchasers or partners in the context of innovation …
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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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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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Managerial ownership and firm performance in German small and medium-sized enterprises
Müller, Elisabeth (contributor);  … - 2002 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001723445
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001633303
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Determinanten regionaler Unterschiede in der Gründungshäufigkeit wissensintensiver Dienstleister
Almus, Matthias; Egeln, Jürgen; Engel, Dirk - 1999
The paper deals with the question which determinants can explain regional differences in the number of start-ups in Austrian and Western German districts when observing the business related service sector. We separate our sample in firms operating in knowledge intensive sectors and start-ups...
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New technologies and the demand for heterogeneous labor : firm-level evidence for the German business-related services sector
Kaiser, Ulrich - 1999
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