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Local User-Producer Interaction in Innovation and Export Performance of Firms
Rammer, Christian; Beise, Marian - 2003
determinant for the export performance of firms. Does this mean that intense local user-producer interaction always leads to … export effective. We investigate data from the ZEW Innovation survey of 4,786 firms in the manufacturing and service … the export orientation of the domestic market of innovators such as and the degree of competition stimulate export success …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297302
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The bright and dark side of cooperation for regional innovation performance
Broekel, Tom; Meder, Andreas - 2008
Studies analyzing the importance of intra- and inter-regional cooperation for regional innovation performance are mainly of qualitative nature and focus strongly on the positive effects that high levels of cooperation can yield. For the case of the German labor market regions and the Electrics &...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263894
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Export and innovation activities in the German service sector: empirical evidence at the firm level
Ebling, Günther; Janz, Norbert - 1999
In this paper we analyse the relationship between export and innovation activities of German service sector companies … Schumpeterian hypothesis of export activities being mainly driven by innovation activities. Factor endowment theories are only … partially supported. While human capital significantly improves export performance, labour costs hamper it only in selected …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297651
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Drivers and Effects of Internationalising Innovation by SMEs
Schmiele, Anja; Rammer, Christian - 2008
internationalisation effects at the firm level. The results show that export experience and experience in knowledge protection are highly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298045
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Drivers and Effects of Internationalising Innovation by SMEs
Rammer, Christian; Schmiele, Anja - 2008
internationalisation effects at the firm level. The results show that export experience and experience in knowledge protection are highly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298676
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The Influence of the EU Environmental Management and Auditing Scheme on Environmental Innovations and Competitiveness in Germany: An Analysis on the Basis of Case Studies and a Lar...
Hoffmann, Esther; Ankele, Kathrin; Ziegler, Andreas; … - 2003
This paper investigates the effects of the EU Environmental Management and Auditing Scheme (EMAS) on environmental innovations and competitiveness in German facilities. It comprises twelve in-depth case studies and telephone interviews with 1277 EMAS-validated facilities. The surveys show a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298132
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Unmasking the Porter hypothesis: Environmental innovations and firm-profitability
Rexhäuser, Sascha; Rammer, Christian - 2011
We examine impacts of different types of environmental innovations on firm profits. Following Porter's (1991) hypothesis that environmental regulation can improve firms' competitiveness we distinguish regulation induced and voluntary environmental innovations. We find that innovations which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010304766
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International Cooperation on Innovation: Empirical Evidence for German and Portuguese Firms
Faria, Pedro; Schmidt, Tobias - 2007
decision to cooperate with foreign partners. Some differences remain, however: In Germany, exporters are more likely to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297950
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Who Gets the Money? The Dynamics of R&D Project Subsidies in Germany
Aschhoff, Birgit - 2008
The question of the allocation of public R&D funding is becoming particularly important when it comes to identifying the effects of state subsidies, in terms of input or output additionality. This analysis goes one important step further than the existing literature by including the time...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298027
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Knowledge Production in Nanomaterials: An Application of Spatial Filtering to Regional Systems of Innovation
Patuelli, Roberto; Grimpe, Christoph - 2008
Nanomaterials are seen as a key technology for the 21st Century, and much is expected of them in terms of innovation and economic growth. They could open the way to many radically new applications, which would form the basis of innovative products. In this context, it seems all the more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298075