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Product quality, product price, and share dynamics in the German compact car market
Cantner, Uwe; Krüger, Jens; Söllner, René - 2010
The present paper examines one of the central elements of evolutionary thinking - competition formalized by the replicator dynamics mechanism. Using data on product characteristics of automobiles sold on the German domestic market over the period 2001-2006, we construct a competitiveness or...
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Building winners? : an empirical evaluation of public business assistance in the founding process
Kösters, Sarah; Obschonka, Martin - 2010
entrepreneurs in Germany. Employing cluster analysis, we explore the actual scope and intensity of business assistance used. Then we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003962517
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Human capital diversity and product innovation : a micro-level analysis
Söllner, René - 2010
The paper investigates the relationship between human capital diversity measured in terms of occupational diversity and a firm's likelihood to innovate. The empirical analysis is based on a linked employer-employee panel dataset of German firms over the period 1998 to 2007. Despite notable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003962534
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Product diversification and labor productivity dispersion in German manufacturing industries
Söllner, René - 2010
Empirical research has shown tremendous productivity differences, even within narrowly defined industries. A great host of studies is explainsing this productivity disparity by factors such as idiosyncratic technology shocks, input price differences, management skills, or international trade....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003962551
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Disentangling the effects of new venture team functional heterogeneity on new venture performance
Cantner, Uwe; Göthner, Maximilian; Stützer, Michael - 2010
Previous research on entrepreneurial teams has failed to settle the controversy over whether team heterogeneity helps or hinders new venture performance. Reconciling this inconsistency, this paper suggests a new conceptual approach to disentangle differential effects of team heterogeneity by...
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The regional dimension of sectoral innovativeness : an empirical investigation of two specialised supplier and two science-based industries
Bürger, Matthias; Cantner, Uwe - 2010
The aim of this paper is to test how geographical and technological proximity relate to a particular industry’s innovative output. Two mechanisms are therefore tested, i.e. agglomeration economies and the regional exploitation of technological proximity. A new dataset is applied, which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003966645
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Uniqueness seeking and demand estimation in the German automobile industry
Guerzoni, Marco; Soellner, René - 2009
This paper empirically analyzes the determinants of demand in the German automobile industry. Our primary goal is to refine the existing literature on that topic by exploring the impact of uniqueness seeking behaviour of individuals on the demand schedule. Using a dataset on the segment of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003857726
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Regional dynamics of innovation investigating the co-evolution of patents, R&D, and employment
Bürger, Matthias; Brökel, Tom; Coad, Alexander - 2009
We investigate the lead-lag relationship between growth of patent applications, growth of R&D, and growth of total sectoral employment for 270 German labour market regions over the period 1999-2005. Our unique panel dataset includes information on four two-digit industries, namely Chemistry,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003857875
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The shadows of the past : how implicit institutions influence entrepreneurship
Bauernschuster, Stefan; Falck, Oliver; Gold, Robert; … - 2009
influence on risk attitudes and opportunity recognition. We conduct a natural experiment based on Germany’s recent history and … compare individuals born and raised in the former socialist East Germany (GDR) with their West Germany (FRG) counterparts. Our … analysis confirms the expected difference in values between individuals from East and West Germany and also shows that these …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003857881
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The effects of knowledge management on innovative success : an empirical analysis of German firms
Cantner, Uwe; Joel, Kristin; Schmidt, Tobias - 2009
The aim of this paper is to analyse the effects of knowledge management on the innovation success of firms in Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003857910