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Knowledge Flows and R&D Co-operation: Firm-level Evidence from Germany

Schmidt, Tobias - 2005

This paper analyzes the determinants of R&D co-operation among German manufacturing firms. Using firm level data from the Third Community Innovation Survey from Germany, we focus on the role of spillovers in explaining R&D cooperation. We also investigate firms? decisions to cooperate with...

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Technology Use, Organisational Flexibility and Innovation: Evidence for Germany

Hempell, Thomas; Zwick, Thomas - 2005

This paper investigates to what extent the usage of information and communication technology (ICT) fosters innovation activities by facilitating more flexible organisational structures in firms. We distinguish between functional flexibility (the ability of workers to co-operate and take...

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Knowledge Flows and R&D Co-operation: Firm-level Evidence from Germany

Schmidt, Tobias - 2005

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Detecting Behavioural Additionality: An Empirical Study on the Impact of Public R&D Funding on Firms' Cooperative Behaviour in Germany

Fier, Andreas; Aschhoff, Birgit; Löhlein, Heide - 2006

Subsidising research networks has become a popular instrument in technology policies, driven mainly by expected positive spillovers. In particular, the stimulation of R&D co-operation between scientific institutions and industry is considered as most promising. In the context of policy...

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Motives for Innovation Co-operation? Evidence from the Canadian Survey of Innovation

Schmidt, Tobias - 2007

In this paper we analyse the decision of firms in the Canadian manufacturing sector to co-operate on innovation projects. Our focus is on the motives behind this decision and the firm characteristics, both general and with respect to innovation activities, which influence the motives for...

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Drivers and Effects of Internationalising Innovation by SMEs

Schmiele, Anja; Rammer, Christian - 2008

(R&D, design, production and sales of new products, and implementation of new processes) and explore the role of internal … qualified labour expels production of new products. R&D activities abroad and exports of new products spur firm growth in the … home market while there are no negative effects on home market growth from shifting production of new products abroad. …

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Drivers and Effects of Internationalising Innovation by SMEs

Rammer, Christian; Schmiele, Anja - 2008

&D, design, production and sales of new products, and implementation of new processes) and explore the role of internal resources … qualified labour expels production of new products. R&D activities abroad and exports of new products spur firm growth in the … home market while there are no negative effects on home market growth from shifting production of new products abroad. …

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Drivers for international innovation activities in developed and emerging countries

Schmiele, Anja - 2009

This paper aims to shed light on firm specific drivers that lead firms to internationalise their innovation activities. The paper draws a comprehensive picture of driving forces by including firm capabilities, characteristics of the firm’s competitive environment and the influence of...

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The impact of informational costs in quantity regulation of pollutants. The case of the European Emissions Trading Scheme

Heindl, Peter - 2011

There is extreme heterogeneity of firms regulated under the European Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) in terms of emissions evels and employed technology. We present a model that shows that behavior of firms under quantity regulation can differ strongly, dependent on the characteristics of the...

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Competition and trust: Evidence from German car manufacturers

Felli, Leonardo; Koenen, Johannes; Stahl, Konrad O. - 2011

We explore the determinants and effects of trust relationships between upstream suppliers and downstream producers. Using unique survey data on individual supplier-buyer relationships in the German automotive industry, we show, by means of different measures of supplier-buyer trust, that higher...

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