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Firm formation and regional spillovers: evidence from Germany
Harhoff, Dietmar - 1995
This paper studies the effect of regional spillovers on the rate of firm formation in two major West German industries for the time period from 1989 to 1993. I exploit regional variations in firm formation at the county level to identify the effects of historically given industry structure and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299624
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Quantity or quality? Collaboration strategies in research and development and incentives to patent
Hottenrott, Hanna; Lopes-Bento, Cindy - 2012
This study shows for a large sample of R&D-active manufacturing firms that collaborative R&D has a positive effect on firms' patenting in terms of both quantity and quality. When distinguishing between alliances that aim at joint creation of new knowledge and alliances that aim at exchange of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010309806
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Do University Based Regions Really Attract Outside Entrepreneurs: The Case of the German Biotechnology Industry
Engel, Dirk; Heneric, Oliver - 2005
The paper tests empirically the role of knowledge stocks to explain the regional distribution of Germany?s biotechnology founders. We present an unique approach to highlight the role of knowledge spillovers as we differentiate according the local embeddedness and research affinity of founders....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297473
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Resource allocation flexibility for innovation performance: The effects of breadth, uncertainty, and selectiveness
Klingebiel, Ronald; Rammer, Christian - 2011
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 … stronger for firms that allocate resources more selectively at later stages of the innovation process. Based on these results …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010307838
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The distinct features of hidden champions in Germany: A dynamic capabilities view
Rammer, Christian; Spielkamp, Alfred - 2019
product development process. HCs do not invest more into innovation, but achieve higher innovation success. The higher …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012000571
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Informal university technology transfer: a comparison between the United States and Germany
Grimpe, Christoph; Fier, Heide - 2009
Existing literature has confined university technology transfer almost exclusively to formal mechanisms, like patents, licenses or royalty agreements. Relatively little is known about informal technology transfer that is based upon interactions between university scientists and industry...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298804
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Against the one-way-street: Analyzing knowledge transfer from industry to science
Fier, Heide; Pyka, Andreas - 2010
This study aims at analyzing the differences in the factors that influence the probability of knowledge transfer within industry and from industry to science in the biotechnology sector. In order to model these knowledge flows a citation analysis on the basis of patent data was conducted and a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010300739
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Industry funding of university research and scientific productivity
Hottenrott, Hanna; Thorwarth, Susanne - 2010
University research provides valuable inputs to industrial innovation. It is therefore not surprising that private …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010303903
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Industry funding of university research and scientific productivity
Hottenrott, Hanna; Thorwarth, Susanne - 2011
University research provides valuable inputs to industrial innovation. It is therefore not surprising that private …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010304813
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The employment impact of cleaner production on the firm level: empirical evidence from a survey in five European countries
Rennings, Klaus; Zwick, Thomas - 2001
This paper analyses the determinants of employment reactions of firms when environmental innovations have been carried out. It differentiates hereby between employment increases and decreases. The data stem from a telephone survey covering more than 1500 firms in five European countries that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297743