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Specialized search and innovation performance: evidence across Europe
Sofka, Wolfgang; Grimpe, Christoph - 2009
Searching for external knowledge has frequently been characterized as crucial for firm success. However, little is known about how the direction of search strategies influences innovation performance. In this paper, we argue that firms need to specialize their search strategy and that its...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298788
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The construction of a low cost airline network
Hüschelrath, Kai; Müller, Kathrin; Bilotkach, Volodymyr - 2011
The paper investigates the construction of a low cost airline network by analyzing JetBlue Airways' entry decisions into nonstop domestic U.S. airport-pair markets between 2000 and 2009. Adopting duration models with time-varying covariates, we find that JetBlue consistently avoided concentrated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010306005
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Mass customization with additive manufacturing: Blessing or curse for society?
Schwierzy, Julian; Wenzel, Tobias - 2024
Additive Manufacturing (AM) enables mass customization and has thereby the potential to revolutionize traditional manufacturing. In this paper, we examine how the adoption of AM affects competition and welfare in traditionally standardized product markets. Analyzing a game-theoretical model of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014633277
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The construction of a low cost airline network
Hüschelrath, Kai; Müller, Kathrin; Bilotkach, Volodymyr - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2011
The paper investigates the construction of a low cost airline network by analyzing JetBlue Airways' entry decisions into nonstop domestic U.S. airport-pair markets between 2000 and 2009. Adopting duration models with time-varying covariates, we find that JetBlue consistently avoided concentrated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009283662
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Productivity effects of basic research in low-tech and high-tech industries
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Thorwarth, Susanne - 2012
R&D encompasses plenty of activities which are usually summarized under the terms of basic research, applied research and development. Although basic research is often associated with low appropriability it provides the fundamental basis for subsequent applied research and development....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010308752
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Productivity and distribution effects of codetermination in an efficient bargaining
Kraft, Kornelius - 2017
the productivity of labor and relative bargaining power of capital and labor. It turns out that codetermination does not … affect productivity, but leads to a significant increase in workers' bargaining power and the distribution of rents. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011739419
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Green innovations and organizational change: Making better use of environmental technology
Hottenrott, Hanna; Rexhäuser, Sascha; Veugelers, Reinhilde - 2012
The literature on within-firm organizational change and productivity suggests that firms can make more efficient use of … technologies and that joint adoption leads to higher productivity. Without having introduced complementary organizational … innovations, the adoption of CO2 reducing technologies is associated with lower productivity. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010309495
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Trade and technology: New evidence on the productivity sorting of firms
Bertschek, Irene; Hogrefe, Jan; Rasel, Fabienne - 2013
Using a unique German firm-level data set, we provide empirical evidence for a productivity sorting along two …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010317293
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Trade and technology: New evidence on the productivity sorting of firms
Bertschek, Irene; Hogrefe, Jan; Rasel, Fabienne - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013
Using a unique German firm-level data set, we provide empirical evidence for a productivity sorting along two …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010957613
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Green innovations and organizational change: Making better use of environmental technology
Hottenrott, Hanna; Rexhäuser, Sascha; Veugelers, Reinhilde - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2012
The literature on within-firm organizational change and productivity suggests that firms can make more efficient use of … technologies and that joint adoption leads to higher productivity. Without having introduced complementary organizational … innovations, the adoption of CO2 reducing technologies is associated with lower productivity. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010985629