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Estimating the benefits of R&D subsidies for Germany

Koehler, Mila - 2018

In Germany, R&D subsidies are an important tool to support innovation in the private sector. This paper studies the … government, the estimated average social rate of return is 34% for Germany in the period 1994 to 2011. Thereby effects on firm … decision in Germany remained remarkably stable over time, and that application costs as well as the marginal profitability of …

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Global sensing and sensibility : a multi-stage matching assessment of competitive advantage from foreign sources of innovation

Sofka, Wolfgang (contributor); … - 2006

We focus on one of the core competitive capabilities of modern firms: the ability to deliver successful innovations in a globalized environment. Companies literally find themselves confronted with a world of ideas. The challenge remains to decide which impulses should be on top of the list and...

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Do spillovers stimulate incremental or drastic product innovations? : Hypotheses and evidence from German establishment data

Jirjahn, Uwe (contributor); Kraft, Kornelius (contributor) - 2006

We estimate the determinants of various types of product innovation. Knowledge spillovers from rivals have a positive impact on incremental innovations. This impact is largely independent of the participation in R&D cooperations. Spillovers exert no such independent influence on drastic...

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Innovation activities abroad and the effects of liability of foreignness : where it hurts

Sofka, Wolfgang (contributor) - 2006

innovation activities in Germany from various sectors. We find that foreign-controlled firms are not challenged by liability of …

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Private incentives to innovate : interplay of new products and brand-name reputation

Leheyda, Nina (contributor) - 2008

This paper studies the introduction of new products (increase in product variety) in the automobile industry. The focus is on the two sources of market power that may allow the firms to get higher profits (and, thus, recoup investments): new products and brand-name reputation. The effects of new...

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The importance of equity finance for R&D activity : are there differences between young and oldcompanies?

Müller, Elisabeth (contributor); … - 2008

This paper analyzes the importance of equity finance for the R&D activity of small and medium-sized enterprises. We use information on almost 6000 German SMEs from a company survey. Using the intensity of banking competition at the district level as instrument to control for endogeneity, we find...

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Innovative capability and financing constraints for innovation more money, more innovation?

Hottenrott, Hanna; Peters, Bettina - 2009

This study presents a novel empirical approach to identify financing constraints for innovation based on the idea of an ideal test as suggested by Hall (2008). Firms were offered a hypothetical payment and were asked to choose between alternatives of use. If they choose additional innovation...

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Evaluation of public R&D policies : a cross-country comparison

Czarnitzki, Dirk; Lopes Bento, Cindy - 2010

, our estimation also takes into account the “treatment effects on the untreated”. This estimation enables us to assess … Belgien, Deutschland und Luxemburg verwendet. Zusätzlich stehen CISharmonisierte Informationen aus Südafrika zur Verfügung …

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Long-term impacts of environmental policy and eco-innovative activities of firms

Rennings, Klaus; Rexhäuser, Sascha - 2010

This paper analyses two aspects of environmental regulations triggered by ecoinnovations. First, whether there are long term effects of regulation on innovation. Second, whether the impact of different types of regulation differ by type of the environmental benefit of the innovations. To answer...

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Employment effects of different innovation activities microecomometric evidence

Peters, Bettina (contributor) - 2005 - [Rev]

service firms in Germany. The model is tailor-made for analysing firmlevel employment effects of innovations using specific … regarding process innovations were found. Finally, from a cross country perspective the results for Germany are similar to those …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003671049

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