The German biotechnology industry missed the accession of this key technology in the 1980s. Policy makers make … biotech industry in Germany. We assume that R&D policy was driven blind by the idea to catch up with world's biotech leaders … and analyse if Germany's R&D policy lost its origins. We do examine, if Germany sacrifice economic funding principles, in …

This paper uses Granger non{causality tests to analyze if channel competition exists between the companion websites of …

impact of foreign competition on managerial compensation, (2) differences in the impact between Germany and the U.S and (3 … compensation in both countries. The impact of foreign competition on payperformance sensitivity differs between the US and Germany …In this study we use import penetration as a proxy for foreign competition in order to empirically analyze (1) the …

debate on potentially negative impacts of cost-increasing energy policies on international competitiveness. We use firm …-level data from three countries with similar industry structure but different energy policies: Germany, Switzerland, and Austria …

training firms in Germany are poaching victims. Firms are more likely to poach employees during an economic downturn. Training …

competition at the industry level of OECD countries. An instrumental variable approach, reveals a positive e ffect on industries …' competition intensity of leniency programs indicating e ffectiveness in cartel destabilization and eff ective deterrence …

analysis. These findings show that European Commission interventions are competition enhancing and support the expected …

knowledge through the U.S. Small Business Innovation Research Program. Our conceptual framework assumes the nature of an …

affect investments in innovation projects as such projects are typically characterized by a high degree of uncertainty …, complexity and specificity. Financing innovation externally is thus likely to be more costly compared to financing of other … investment. Hence, internal sources of financing are crucial for the implementation of innovation projects. However, internal …

use information on almost 6000 German SMEs from a company survey. Using the intensity of banking competition at the …