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An information economics perspective on main bank relationships and firm R&D

Höwer, Daniel; Schmidt, Tobias; Sofka, Wolfgang - 2011

distributed between inventors and investors. As a result, bank lending for firm R&D has been rare. However, firms can signal the … potential to alter the risk assessment of the firm’s main bank. Additionally, we explore heterogeneities in these risk … assessments arising from the industry level and the main bank’s portfolio. We test our theoretical predictions for a sample of …

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Innovation on demand : can public procurement drive market success of innovations

Aschhoff, Birgit (contributor); Sofka, Wolfgang (contributor) - 2008

. Our empirical investigation rests upon a survey of more than 1,100 innovative firms in Germany. Our survey puts us in the …

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Global sensing and sensibility : a multi-stage matching assessment of competitive advantage from foreign sources of innovation

Sofka, Wolfgang (contributor); … - 2006

We focus on one of the core competitive capabilities of modern firms: the ability to deliver successful innovations in a globalized environment. Companies literally find themselves confronted with a world of ideas. The challenge remains to decide which impulses should be on top of the list and...

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Innovation activities abroad and the effects of liability of foreignness : where it hurts

Sofka, Wolfgang (contributor) - 2006

innovation activities in Germany from various sectors. We find that foreign-controlled firms are not challenged by liability of …

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Firm heterogeneity and wages under different bargaining regimes : does a centralised union care for low-productivity firms?

Gürtzgen, Nicole (contributor) - 2009

This paper studies the relationship between wages and the degree of firm heterogeneity in a given industry under different wage setting structures. To derive testable hypotheses, we set up a theoretical model that analyses the sensitivity of wages to the variability in productivity conditions in...

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Host country contingencies on knowledge protection strategies of multinational firms : bring a knife to a gunfight?

Sofka, Wolfgang (contributor); Shehu, Edlira (contributor) - 2009

more than 1,500 firms in Germany. The results indicate that legal forms of knowledge protection are used more restrictively …

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Young, open and international : the impact of search strategies on the internationalization of new ventures

Zimmermann, Jörg; Grimpe, Christoph; Sofka, Wolfgang - 2009

, universities or specialized suppliers. Based on a sample of more than 2,500 firms in Germany we contrast young and mature firms …

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Wage insurance within German firms : do institutions matter?

Gürtzgen, Nicole - 2009

Using a large linked employer-employee data set, this paper studies the extent to which employers insure workers against transitory and permanent firm-level shocks. Particular emphasis is given to the question of whether the amount of wage insurance depends on the nature of industrial relations....

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Rent-sharing and collective bargaining coverage : evidence from linked employer-employee data

Gürtzgen, Nicole (contributor) - 2006 - Rev. version

Using a linked employer-employee data set, this paper analyses the relationship between firm profitability and wages. Particular emphasis is given to the question of whether the sensitivity of wages to firm-specific rents varies with collective bargaining coverage. To address this issue, we...

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The pulse of liability of foreignness : dynamic legitimacy and experiences effects in the German car market

Kaiser, Ulrich (contributor); Sofka, Wolfgang (contributor) - 2006

Globalization has provided many companies with new opportunities for growth and efficiency. This requires them to operate successfully across cultural and social borders. These can be stumbling blocks to internationalization and have been found to cause frequent errors and delays for...

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