Does access to the broadband internet stimulate firm growth? In this paper, I analyze within-firm growth of established … firms caused by the access to faster internet using geocoded social-security data. I identify firm responses to the access … to the first generation of broadband internet and later speed upgrades by exploiting technological peculiarities of the …

recently. In particular, takeovers by foreign firms raise suspicions of technology theft and job cuts at the newly acquired …

Functioning markets for technology are an important determinant for the type, scope and distribution of innovation … activities in an economy. However, markets for technology are often underdeveloped or inefficient. Existing theory attributes … structural forces that shape the demand side of markets for technology. In this study, we reason that demand depends on the …

During the last years more and more discussions came up about the contribution of technology-oriented and technology …-intensive industries for the economic development and employment. One reason for these contradictory evaluations of technology …-intensive industries can be attributed to different conceptual definitions of technology which are briefly discussed. The foundation and …

During the last years more and more discussions came up about the contribution of technology-oriented and technology … various technology-oriented sectors in West-Germany from 1983 until 1993 on the basis of a firm specific data set from the … various technology-intensive industries show high growth rates during the early eighties and after reunification in 1989. On …