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Timing of international market entry of UK and German high-tech start-ups
Bürgel, Oliver; Fier, Andreas; Licht, Georg; Murray, Gordon - 2001
. The results indicate that the incidence of internationalization increases over time. For the majority of new firms the …
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The distinct features of hidden champions in Germany: A dynamic capabilities view
Rammer, Christian; Spielkamp, Alfred - 2019
Hidden Champions (HCs) are firms unknown to the wider public, but global leaders in the niche markets they serve. This paper looks at distinctive features of these firms, focusing on their dynamic capabilities. Employing a unique data base on German firms, we identify a representative sample of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012000571
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The influence of strategic patenting on companies' patent portfolios
Blind, Knut; Cremers, Katrin; Mueller, Elisabeth - 2008
This paper analyses whether strategic motives for patenting influence the characteristics of companies' patent portfolios. We use the number of citations and oppositions to represent these characteristics. The investigation is based on survey and patent data from German companies. We find clear...
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Auswirkungen der Wirtschaftskrise auf die Innovationstätigkeit der Unternehmen in Deutschland
Rammer, Christian - 2011
. Innovationsaktive und forschende Unternehmen waren deutlich stärker von den Krisenauswirkungen betroffen als Unternehmen ohne … tätigen Unternehmen gegenüber. Sie versuchten mehrheitlich durch die Erschließung neuer Märkte, die Erneuerung des … Zahl von Innovationsideen zu testen. Gleichzeitig verzichtete aber auch ein beträchtlicher Anteil der kleinen Unternehmen …
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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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Individual and Plant-level Determinants of Job Durations in Germany
Boockmann, Bernhard; Steffes, Susanne - 2005
We examine job durations of German workers using a linked employeremployee dataset. The descriptive evidence suggests that firm characteristics have a substantial influence on the job exit rate. However, the extent of dispersion in durations is not substantially lower at the firm level than for...
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Gender Earnings Gap in German Firms: The Impact of Firm Characteristics and Institutions
Heinze, Anja; Wolf, Elke - 2006
Germany. The innovation of our research is that we do not just compare average male and female wages (of specific groups of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297528
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Price Discovery for Cross-Listed Securities from Emerging Eastern European Countries
Wölfle, Marco - 2007
This study provides empirical evidence verifying the theory of price discovery for Eastern European enterprises based on their cross-listing on Western European exchanges. Despite the fact that the crosslisting behavior of companies has been analyzed very actively since the mid-70s, many...
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Spillovers of Innovation Activities and Their Profitability
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Kraft, Kornelius - 2007
Knowledge spillovers to competitors are regarded as an important aspect of the innovation process. While a company possibly benefits from incoming information on successful R&D conducted by other companies, a generally high probability of leakage of knowledge in an industry will negatively...
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Successful Patterns of Scientific Knowledge Sourcing: Mix and Match
Sofka, Wolfgang; Aschhoff, Birgit - 2008
rests upon a survey of more than 800 firms in Germany. We find that both the diversity and intensity of collaborative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298043