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Intangible investment and technical efficiency: The case of software-intensive manufacturing firms in Turkey
Fındık, Derya; Tansel, Aysit - 2015
technical efficiency in the software intensive manufacturing firms in Turkey for the period 2003-2007. Firms are classified … based on the technology group. High technology and low technology firms are estimated separately in order to reveal … technology firms which operate in areas such as chemicals, electricity, and machinery as compared to that of the low technology …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011440129
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Determinants of hidden champions: Evidence from Germany
Schlepphorst, Susanne; Schlömer-Laufen, Nadine; Holz, … - 2016
Our explorative study analyses the factors that affect the likelihood of German companies to be a hidden champion. Based on an econometric estimation model with quantitative data from 60 hidden champions and 346 non-hidden champions, we could confirm prior research findings that specific...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011535489
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Multiproduct mergers and the product mix in domestic and foreign markets
Chan, Jackie M. L.; Irlacher, Michael; Koch, Michael - 2022
This paper investigates the effects of mergers on the product mix of multiproduct firms. Thus, we open the black box of … mergers in a theoretical model where oligopolistic firms employ a flexible manufacturing technology and allocate assets … multiproduct firms and find empirical evidence strongly supporting the model's predictions. Our results show that the number of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014278534
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Venture Capital and Growth of Young High-Tech Firms in the EU: A Systematic Review of the Empirical Evidence
Pantea, Smaranda; Tkacik, Marcel - 2021
This study contributes to the debate on VC-related policies that aim to support the growth of young high-tech firms in … positive effects of VC on employment, revenues and assets growth and on reducing financial constraints, but mixed effects on … innovation and other aspects of firm performance. They suggest that private VC tends to have larger effects than government VC …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014547808
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The Role of Services for Manufacturing Firms' Exports
Lodefalk, Magnus - 2012
Manufacturing firms increasingly focus on services. This trend is evident in their composition of input, in …-house production and seemingly also in total sale. Firms' services intensity may affect their productivity, and thereby competitiveness … abroad. Services are also instrumental in connecting to the foreign market and can help firms to differentiate their offers …
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The road not taken: Competition and the R&D portfolio
Letina, Igor - 2015
duplication of research. An increase in the intensity of competition among firms leads to an increase in the variety of developed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011663162
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Inducing variety: A theory of innovation contests
Letina, Igor; Schmutzler, Armin - 2019
This paper analyzes the design of innovation contests when the quality of an innovation depends on the research …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011993818
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The road not taken: Competition and the R&D portfolio
Letina, Igor - 2014
Contrary to most of the literature, which focuses only on the level of investment in innovation, this paper examines … competition among firms leads to an increase in the variety of developed projects and a decrease in the amount of duplication of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011282467
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Inducing variety: A theory of innovation contests
Letina, Igor; Schmutzler, Armin - 2017
This paper analyzes the design of innovation contests when the quality of an innovation depends on the research …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011784283
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The relation between competition and innovation: Why is it such a mess?
Schmutzler, Armin - 2010
Using a general two-stage framework, this paper gives sufficient conditions for increasing competition to have negative or positive effects on R&D-investment, respectively. Both possibilities arise in plausible situations, even if one uses relatively narrow definitions of increasing competition....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010315513