In this paper we investigate the determinants of local governments' technical efficiency in road maintenance for a … panel of German counties using a broad variety of estimation approaches. More specifically, we calculate efficiency indices … efficiency indices can be explained by estimating and comparing four different regression models. The results of our analysis …

In this paper we investigate the determinants of local governments' technical efficiency in road maintenance for a … panel of German counties using a broad variety of estimation approaches. More specifically, we calculate efficiency indices … efficiency indices can be explained by estimating and comparing four different regression models. The results of our analysis …

products and services. Using the example of innovation in firms, we outline a framework for extracting information from firm …

(science, technology and innovation) policies requires accurate indicators of innovation. Traditional indicators often lack …. In this paper, we propose a novel approach on how to create firm-level innovation indicators at the scale of millions of … firms. We use traditional firm-level innovation indicators from the questionnaire-based Community Innovation Survey (CIS …

Our study shows empirically that the choice of resource allocation strategy affects innovation performance. A policy of … allocating resources to a broader range of innovation projects increases sales of new products, especially if these are truly … project. We find further indication that the performance effect of breadth increases with commercial uncertainty. It is also …

and the determinants of technical efficiency simultaneously. The innovation of our study is that we draw on technical …In this paper we assess the impact of flexible work time schedules on firm efficiency using representative … efficiency instead of productivity to appraise the success of flexible working hours. The results indicate that while the use of …

political sphere is related to government performance – in terms of its efficiency – using a broad panel of German … municipalities. Our results suggest that voter involvement indeed has a positive impact on (technical) efficiency. Crucially, however …, this efficiency-enhancing effect of voter involvement is significantly (positively) affected by local governments? fiscal …

market mechanism. As a response, public instruments have been implemented to stimulate private innovation activities. The … Establishment Panel and apply various microeconometric methods to estimate the effect of public measures on innovation activities of …

This paper investigates whether firms innovate persistently or discontinuously over time using an innovation panel data … set on German manufacturing and service firms for the period 1994?2002. We find that innovation behaviour is permanent at … innovation experience, the results further highlight the important role of knowledge provided by skilled employees and unobserved …

In this paper we analyse the relationship between export and innovation activities of German service sector companies … using data from the 1997 wave of the Mannheim Innovation Panel in the Service Sector. There is a lot of support for the … Schumpeterian hypothesis of export activities being mainly driven by innovation activities. Factor endowment theories are only …