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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/10010299174
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Patents as quality signals? The implications for financing constraints on R&D
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Hall, Bronwyn H.; Hottenrott, Hanna - 2014
Information about the success of a new technology is usually held asymmetrically between the research and development (R&D)-performing firm and potential lenders and investors. This raises the cost of capital for financing R&D externally, resulting in financing constraints on R&D especially for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010336116
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Collaborative R&D as a strategy to attenuate financing constraints
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Hottenrott, Hanna - 2012
The ability of firms to establish R&D collaborations that combine resources, exploit complementary know-how, and internalize R&D externalities has been shown to be of high importance for the successful creation and implementation of new knowledge. We argue in this article that collaborative R&D...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010309804
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Patents as quality signals? The implications for financing constraints on R&D
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Hall, Bronwyn H.; Hottenrott, Hanna - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014
Information about the success of a new technology is usually held asymmetrically between the research and development (R&D)-performing firm and potential lenders and investors. This raises the cost of capital for financing R&D externally, resulting in financing constraints on R&D especially for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010957591
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Collaborative R&D as a strategy to attenuate financing constraints
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Hottenrott, Hanna - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2012
The ability of firms to establish R&D collaborations that combine resources, exploit complementary know-how, and internalize R&D externalities has been shown to be of high importance for the successful creation and implementation of new knowledge. We argue in this article that collaborative R&D...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010957620
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Industrial research versus development investment: the implications of financial constraints
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Hottenrott, Hanna; Thorwarth, Susanne - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 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/10008533548
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The Link Between Firms? Innovation Decision and the Business Cycle: An Empirical Analysis
Heger, Diana - 2004
The sensitivity of innovation activities with respect to the business cycle is often assumed to be small. In this paper … the hypothesis on cyclical dependence of innovation activities is tested for firms in the German manufacturing, and … additionally for SMEs. To this end firms? innovation decisions are considered. The decision to innovate in one period is modelled …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297408
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The Link Between Firms? Innovation Decision and the Business Cycle: An Empirical Analysis
Heger, Diana - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2004
The sensitivity of innovation activities with respect to the business cycle is often assumed to be small. In this paper … the hypothesis on cyclical dependence of innovation activities is tested for firms in the German manufacturing, and … additionally for SMEs. To this end firms? innovation decisions are considered. The decision to innovate in one period is modelled …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097512
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On the Profitability of Innovative Assets
Kraft, Kornelius; Czarnitzki, Dirk - 2004
Successful innovative activity is a major contribution to the intangible capital of firms. Although its importance is generally acknowledged, the contribution to companies? profits is a priori unclear. We present the results of an empirical study on the effects of the patent stock on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297363
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Capital Control, Debt Financing and Innovative Activity
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Kraft, Kornelius - 2004
innovation, i.e. weakly controlled managers show a higher innovation propensity. However, the higher the leverage the more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297397