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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...

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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 …

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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...

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Stepping In and Out of the International Market: Internationalisation of Technology-Oriented Firms in Germany and the UK

Fryges, Helmut - 2004

For small high-tech firms international orientation is regarded as crucial for growth and long-term survival. Even newly founded technology based firms (NTBFs) are often internationally active shortly after their inception (?born globals?). However, in order to create jobs and have a sustainable...

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Tax Incentives and the Location of FDI: Evidence from a Panel of German Multinationals

Büttner, Thiess; Ruf, Martin - 2004

Using a firm-level dataset this paper investigates the impact of taxation on the decision of German multinationals to hold direct investments in other European countries or abroad. Controlling for firm-specific differences in the valuation of potential locations, the results confirm significant...

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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 …

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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/10010297480

Absorptive Capacity: One Size Fits All? Firm-level Analysis of Absorptive Capacity for Different Kinds of Knowledge

Schmidt, Tobias - 2005

The paper empirically analyses the effect of R&D activities, human resource and knowledge management, and the organisation of knowledge sharing within a firm on the absorptive capacity of innovative firms for three different types of knowledge, namely absorptive capacity to use knowledge from a...

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Exports versus FDI in German Manufacturing: Firm Performance and Participation in International Markets

Arnold, Jens Matthias; Hussinger, Katrin - 2005

This paper tests some of the predictions of recent advances in trade theory that have focused on different trade patterns of firms within the same sector. Helpman, Melitz and Yeaple (2005) develop a model in which innate productivity differences between firms determine the degree of...

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The Change of Sales Modes in International Markets: Empirical Results for German and British High-Tech Firms

Fryges, Helmut - 2005

-based firms in Germany and the UK, this paper applies logistic regressions and analyses empirically the probabilities of changing …

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