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Intra-sectoral structural change and aggregate productivity development: a robust stochastic nonparametric frontier function approach
Krüger, Jens J. - 2008
This paper investigates the sources of total factor productivity growth in the German manufacturing sector, 1981 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263878
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Intra-Sectoral Structural Change and Aggregate Productivity Development. A Robust Stochastic Nonparametric Frontier Function Approach
Krüger, Jens J. - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
This paper investigates the sources of total factor productivity growth in the German manu- facturing sector, 1981-1998. Decomposition formulae for aggregate productivity growth are used to identify the effects of structural change and entry-exit on aggregate productivity growth. Documented is a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005051039
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Cooperation behaviour and innovation performance in the Nigerian manufacturing industry
Egbetokun, Abiodun A. - 2012
Analysing the relationship between firms' openness to external knowledge and their innovation performance is nothing … focus of this paper. Using unique micro-level innovation data, it is shown, as the existing literature suggests, that firms …. However, innovative firms that exploit external knowledge do not necessarily enjoy greater innovation benefits than those that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291813
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Cooperation behaviour and innovation performance in the Nigerian manufacturing industry
Egbetokun, Abiodun A. - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Analysing the relationship between firms' openness to external knowledge and their innovation performance is nothing … focus of this paper. Using unique micro-level innovation data, it is shown, as the existing literature suggests, that firms …. However, innovative firms that exploit external knowledge do not necessarily enjoy greater innovation benefits than those that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010556216
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Creating strategic advantage through entrepreneurial governance in new ventures
Audretsch, David B.; Lehmann, Erik E.; Plummer, Lawrence A. - 2007
An important literature has made a fundamental link between corporate governance and corporate strategy. According to agency theory, assigning managers stock options aligns their interests with the interests of the owners of the firm. This paper suggests that this may not apply in the context of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263845
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Employment growth of new firms
Stam, Erik; Gibcus, Petra; Telussa, Jennifer; Garnsey, … - 2008
This paper analyses the association between dynamic capabilities and new firm growth, controlling for measures of firm resources, characteristics of the entrepreneur, and aspects of the environment. The central research question is: How strong is the relationship between dynamic capabilities and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263862
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What is the value of entrepreneurship?: a review of recent research
van Praag, C. Mirjam; Versloot, Peter H. - 2007
answer the question: What is the contribution of entrepreneurs to (i) employment generation and dynamics, (ii) innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276297
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Patent citations, university inventor patents, and survival in the German laser source industry (1960-2005)
Medrano, Luis F. - 2012
The relationship between innovation and firm survival is analyzed for the population of German laser source producers … from the beginning of the industry until 2005. Innovation effort is approximated by the generation of high quality patents …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286481
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Financial signalling by innovative nascent entrepreneurs
Audretsch, David B.; Bönte, Werner; Mahagaonkar, Prashanth - 2009
innovation as well as the project´s feasibility. Our analysis of 900 nascent entrepreneurs finds that patents and prototypes … increase the likelihood of obtaining equity finance. Thus, if signals are credible, innovation positively impacts external … that the relation between finance and innovation depends on the stage of a start-up lifecycle. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266651
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The role of R&D in new firm growth
Stam, Erik; Wennberg, Karl - 2009
high growth firms, which are key in innovation and entrepreneurship policies. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266657