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Dynamic optimal capital structure and technological change

Lööf, Hans - 2003

This paper incorporates the cost of adjustment between observed and optimal leverage in explaining the variation in firm's equity or bank-debt financing investments. Using a dynamic adjustment approach identifies the determinants to capital structure between different financial systems. In...

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The employment impact of cleaner production on the firm level : empirical evidence from a survey in five European countries

Rennings, Klaus; Zwick, Thomas - 2001

This paper analyses the determinants of employment reactions of firms when environmental innovations have been carried out. It differentiates hereby between employment increases and decreases. The data stem from a telephone survey covering more than 1500 firms in five European countries that...

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Employment changes in environmentally innovative firms

Rennings, Klaus; Ziegler, Andreas; Zwick, Thomas - 2001

prone to increase employment, while firms that want to slash costs by innovation and compete by soft factors decrease … employment more frequently. -- Innovation ; labour demand ; discrete choice models …

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Internationalisation, innovation and productivity in services : evidence from Germany, Ireland and the United Kingdom

Peters, Bettina; Riley, Rebecca R.; Siedschlag, Iulia; … - 2018

This paper examines the links between internationalisation, innovation and productivity in service enterprises. For … this purpose, we use micro data from the Community Innovation Survey 2008 in Germany, Ireland and the United Kingdom, and … of innovation outputs in all three countries. Our results indicate that innovation in service enterprises is linked to …

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Getting a fair share of the plunder? : Technology, skill and wages in British establishments

Van Reenen, John - 1994

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Changes in the relative demand for skills in the UK labour market

Machin, Stephen - 1994

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Intangible assets and investments at the sector level : empirical evidence for Germany

Crass, Dirk; Licht, Georg; Peters, Bettina - 2014

This paper investigates the role intangible capital plays for economic growth in different sectors in Germany. It consists of two major parts. In the first part, we aim at measuring investment in intangibles at the sector level. We shed light on differences across sectors but also compare these...

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Fit and complementarity : cognitive distance and combined competence as predictors of co-operative R&D projects' outcomes in Europe

Zibell, Laurent; Allen, Peter M. - 2009

This article considers cognitive distance and combined competence as predictors of concrete outcomes in co-operative Research and Development projects. The operationalisation is based upon a dedicated survey, answered by matched pairs of projects managers in partnering organisations, addressing...

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Technology and changes in skill structure : evidence from an international panel of industries

Machin, Stephen; Ryan, Annette; Van Reenen, John - 1996

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Does the sector bias of skill-biased technical change explain changing wage inequality?

Haskel, Jonathan; Slaughter, Matthew J. - 1998

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