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Knowledge Production in Nanomaterials: An Application of Spatial Filtering to Regional Systems of Innovation
Patuelli, Roberto; Grimpe, Christoph - 2008
Nanomaterials are seen as a key technology for the 21st Century, and much is expected of them in terms of innovation and economic growth. They could open the way to many radically new applications, which would form the basis of innovative products. In this context, it seems all the more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298075
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Do Computers Call for Training? Firm-level Evidence on Complementarities Between ICT and Human Capital Investments
Hempell, Thomas - 2003
This paper explores whether investments in information and communication technologies (ICT) and firm?sponsored training programmes are complementary. Three approaches are applied to panel data from German service companies for the time period 1994?98. Results for a system of interrelated factor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297271
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A Test of the 'Krugman Hypothesis' for the United States, Britain, and Western Germany
Puhani, Patrick A. - 2003
large data sets from the U.S., Britain, and western Germany to test the Krugman hypothesis for the 1990s, when unemployment … in Germany increased (unlike in the U.S. and Britain, where it fell). British and German evidence is further backed up … with alternative data sets for these countries. I find evidence for the Krugman hypothesis when Germany is compared to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297281
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Concubinage or Marriage? Informal and Formal Cooperations for Innovation
Keilbach, Max; Bönte, Werner - 2004
Based on a sample of German innovating firms that contains information on formal and informal innovation cooperation between customers and suppliers, we state that firms perceive informal cooperation as being more important than formal cooperation modes. We then investigate the determinants of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297327
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IT, Organizational Change and Wages
Spitz, Alexandra; Bertschek, Irene - 2003
In this paper we analyze the impact of information technology and organizational changes on wages using individual level data for 1998/1999. The average impact of IT use on wages turns out to be five to six percent, however, the effects differ across different IT components. Unless employees use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297336
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Computer Use and the Employment Status of Older Workers: An Analysis Based on Individual Data
Schleife, Katrin - 2004
This paper analyzes computer use by older male employees and estimates the impact of computer use on their employment status, based on individual data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) for the years 1997 and 2001. In line with previous research on the diffusion of new technologies, a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297386
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Using Methods of Treatment Evaluation to Estimate the Wage Effect of IT Usage
Spitz, Alexandra - 2004
In this study, I analyze the relationship between IT use and wages in West Germany in 1998/99. I use two estimation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297391
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Knowledge Flows and R&D Co-operation: Firm-level Evidence from Germany
Schmidt, Tobias - 2005
the Third Community Innovation Survey from Germany, we focus on the role of spillovers in explaining R&D cooperation. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297431
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Abschreibungsraten allgemeiner und beruflicher Ausbildungsinhalte
Ludwig, Volker; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2005
In dieser Arbeit werden Abschreibungsraten allgemeiner und beruflicher Ausbildungsinhalte im Erwerbsleben untersucht. Es wird analysiert, ob die Ausbildungsinhalte des Dualen Ausbildungssystems im Zeitalter der Akademisierung und der Computerrevolution eine beschleunigte Abschreibung erfahren...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297443
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The Effects of Changes in the Unemployment Compensation System on the Adoption of IT by Older Workers
Spitz, Alexandra - 2005
changes in the unemployment compensation system enacted in Germany during the 1980s and 1990s to demonstrate that ?incentives …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297447