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R&D and firm performance in a transition economy
Czarnitzki, Dirk (contributor); Kraft, Kornelius (contributor) - 2006
We estimate the effects of R&D on firms' credit ratings and on financial distress. The main purpose is the comparison of firms in Western Germany and Eastern Germany as a transitional economy. Innovative activity has a positive impact on firm value proxied by ratings in Western Germany, but a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003328090
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Industrial research versus development investment : the implications of financial constraints
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Hottenrott, Hanna; Thorwarth, Susanne - 2009
Previous literature provided evidence on financing constraints for investment in R&D activities due to capital market imperfections and special features of R&D investments. Moreover, it has been shown that a shift in capital structure towards more debt, results in a reduction of R&D investments....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003881344
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Do direct R&D subsidies lead to the monopolization of R&D in the economy?
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Ebersberger, Bernd - 2010
This paper explores the impact of R&D subsidies on the concentration of R&D in an economy. First, governments are often criticized of subsidizing predominantly larger firms and thus contribute to persistence of leadership in markets and higher barriers to entry, and, hence, reduced competition...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008701446
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Mapping innovative clusters in national innovation systems
Spielkamp, Alfred; Vopel, Katrin - 1998
In the following paragraphs we will discuss the "mapping of innovative clusters in national innovation systems". For this we have used a data set of almost 3.000 firms that participated in the first and fifth survey of the Mannheimer Innovation Survey (which is comparable with CIS data). The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011442326
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Die Auswirkung der Forschungs- und Technologiepolitik auf die Innovationsaktivitäten ostdeutscher Unternehmen
Czarnitzki, Dirk - 2001 - Diese Version: Oktober 2001
Ostdeutsche Unternehmen werden seit der deutschen Wiedervereinigung bei staatlichen Subventionsprogrammen besonders berücksichtigt. Diese Studie untersucht die Auswirkungen der Forschungs- und Technologiepolitik auf die Innovationsaktivitäten von Unternehmen der neuen Bundesländer. Es stellt...
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The effects of public R&D subsidies on firms' innovation activities : the case of Eastern Germany
Almus, Matthias; Czarnitzki, Dirk - 2002 - This version: August 2002
This study analyzes the effects of public R&D policy schemes on the innovation activities of firms located in Eastern Germany. The main question in this context is whether public funds stimulate R&D activities or simply crowd out privately financed R&D. Empirically, we investigate the average...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011445919
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(International) R&D collaboration and SMEs : the effectiveness of targeted public R&D support schemes
Hottenrott, Hanna; Lopes Bento, Cindy - 2012
This study analyses the effectiveness of targeted public support for R&D investment. In particular, we test whether the specific policy design aiming at incentivizing (international) collaboration and R&D in small and mediumsized firms achieves the desired objectives on input as well as output...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009686768
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Die Evolution der bundesdeutschen Forschungs- und Technologiepolitik : Rückblick und Bestandsaufnahme
Fier, Andreas; Harhoff, Dietmar - 2001
Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie (BMWi) die Zuständigkeit für die deutsche Innovationspolitik. Dieses für den Bund … Entwicklung in der Forschungs- und Innovationspolitik gegenüber, die nur mäßig von ökonomischen Konzepten beeinflusst worden ist …. Nach Darstellung des Entwicklungsverlaufs der bundesdeutschen Innovationspolitik kommt eine Analyse des …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011446955
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Using innovation survey data to evaluate R&D policy : the case of belgium
Aerts, Kris (contributor); Czarnitzki, Dirk (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002162610
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Die Rolle der Innovationsförderung im Aufbauprozess Ostdeutschlands
Czarnitzki, Dirk (contributor); Licht, Georg (contributor) - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002368197