regional new business formation. Using panel data from all 402 German counties for 1996-2011, we estimate dynamic spatial panel …

In this paper, we analyze the technical efficiency of CO2 reduction potentials of German power and heat plants, using a … plants from 2003 through 2010 that provides an unbalanced panel of 1459 observations. We find intra-group differences within … energy generation technology, but natural gas fired power plants clearly have the highest efficiency. Furthermore, the …

. This paper presents efficiency scores based on an intertemporal frontier estimation for the period 1995 to 2004 and …This paper assesses the relative efficiency of knowledge production in the OECD using a nonparametric DEA approach … efficiency by attenuating the incentive to innovate and to allocate resources efficiently. -- R&D efficiency ; data envelopment …

This paper analyzes research efficiency at the industry level in manufacturing for 13 European member and four … highest efficiency scores on average in total manufacturing. The main industries that are at the technology frontier are those … without the constraint of a constant technology frontier, provide additional support for our results. -- R&D efficiency …

technology affects the efficiency and productivity in innovation of technology acquiring firms. Using the stochastic frontier … analysis combined with a difference-in-difference matching approach and firm-level panel from the German Innovation Survey for … external R&D in innovation production, which is attributed by increasing returns to R&D scale and increasing technical …

goal of this study is to investigate whether there are any differences in R&D and innovation behavior between established … engage in R&D and innovation activities more frequently than companies whose genesis was of another type. Nevertheless, the … cooperating in various fields may be of different importance for specific inputs and outputs of the innovation activity. Finally …

This paper aims to examine the relative efficiency of German engineering firms using a sample of roughly 23 …-growth, it is expected that a majority of firms is operating quite efficiently and that the density of efficiency scores is … whether these firms are the most efficient ones. Finally an increasing efficiency gap between size classes over time is …

; efficiency analysis ; stochastic frontier analysis ; panel data models … sub-national regions. We utilize a unique panel of municipality-level data from the manufacturing sector. An important … contribution is the use of different panel methods to account for latent regional characteristics and the computation of …