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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003319674
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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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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003914253
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The heterogeneous effects of training incidence and duration on labor market transitions
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Osikominu, Aderonke; Paul, Marie - 2010
Weiterbildungsmaßnahmen sind ein wichtiger Bestandteil der Aktiven Arbeitsmarktpolitik in Deutschland und in vielen … Beschäftigungssuche ab, denn in Deutschland können dem Arbeitslosen zu jedem Zeitpunkt Weiterbildungsmaßnahmen zugewiesen werden …. Wir evaluieren ein wichtiges Programm der beruflichen Weiterbildung in Deutschland (Förderung der beruflichen …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008665400
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Costs and benefits of inter-departmental innovation collaboration
Cuijpers, Maarten; Guenter, Hannes; Hussinger, Katrin - 2011
Inter-departmental innovation collaboration facilitates innovation performance. At the same time, it has been identified as source of increased coordination costs. Using organizational information processing theory, this paper builds and tests hypotheses on the costs and benefits of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008901576
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Spillovers of innovation activities and their profitability
Czarnitzki, Dirk (contributor); Kraft, Kornelius (contributor) - 2007
Knowledge spillovers to competitors are regarded as an important aspect of the innovation process. While a company possibly benefits from incoming information on successful R&D conducted by other companies, a generally high probability of leakage of knowledge in an industry will negatively...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003607681
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Which program for whom? : evidence on the comparative effectiveness of public sponsored training programs in Germany
Biewen, Martin; Fitzenberger, Bernd; Osikominu, Aderonke; … - 2007
We use a new and exceptionally rich administrative data set for Germany to evaluate the employment effects of a variety of public sponsored training programs in the early 2000s. Building on the work of Sianesi (2003, 2004), we employ propensity score matching methods in a dynamic, multiple...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003502633
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The contribution of corporate ventures to radical innovation
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Dick, Johannes M. H.; Hussinger, Katrin - 2010
das Mutterunternehmen. Unsere Datenbasis umfasst etwa 2.500 junge Unternehmen des verarbeitenden Gewerbes in Deutschland …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008659476
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Innovative capability and financing constraints for innovation more money, more innovation?
Hottenrott, Hanna; Peters, Bettina - 2011 - This version: March 2011
This study presents a novel empirical approach to identify financing constraints for innovation based on the concept 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 selected additional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009152558
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R&D partnerships and innovation performance : can there be too much of a good thing?
Hottenrott, Hanna; Lopes Bento, Cindy - 2015
R&D collaboration facilitates pooling of complementary skills, learning from the partner as well as sharing risks and costs. Research therefore repeatedly stressed the positive relationship between collaborative R&D and innovation performance. Fewer studies addressed potential drawbacks of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011393147