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Innovation success of non-R&D-performers : substituting technology by management in SMEs
Rammer, Christian (contributor);  … - 2008
This paper investigates the impact of in-house R&D and innovation management practices on innovation success in small and medium-sized firms (SMEs). While there is little doubt about the significance of technology competence for generating successful innovations, inhouse R&D activities may be a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003777851
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Increasing energy and resource efficiency through innovation : an explorative analysis using innovation survey data
Rennings, Klaus; Rammer, Christian - 2009
Energy and resource efficiency innovations (EREIs) are often seen as win-win opportunities for both the economic and the environmental performance of firms. It is thus worth asking how the innovation activities and performance of firms with regard to energy and resource efficiency look like: Do...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003881578
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Innovation, competition and incentives for R&D
Wörter, Martin; Rammer, Christian; Arvanitis, Spyridon - 2010
This paper analyses the relationship between past innovation output, competition, and future innovation input in a dynamic econometric setting. We distinguish two dimensions of competition that correspond to the concepts of product substitutability and entry barriers due to fixed costs. Based on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003979063
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The impact of regulation-driven environmental innovation on innovation success and firm performance
Rennings, Klaus; Rammer, Christian - 2010
Umweltinnovationen auf den Innovations- und Geschäftserfolg von Unternehmen sind seit langem Gegenstand kontroverser Debatten. Die … zentrale Frage ist, ob sich Unternehmen mit Umweltinnovationen ähnliche Markterfolge erzielen wie mit anderen (markt- oder … stellen Umweltinnovationen zusätzliche Kosten für das innovierende Unternehmen dar und verringern dadurch die Rendite …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008660559
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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 novel, i.e. new to the market. The effect of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009424123
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009424135
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Innovation budgeting over the business cycle and innovation performance
Hud, Martin; Rammer, Christian - 2015
The global economic crisis of 2008/2009 hit many firms hard. Faced with rapidly declining sales and highly uncertain economic prospects, firms had to cut costs and reconsider their business strategies. With respect to innovation, cost cutting often means to stop or underresource innovation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010511218
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Concentration on the few? : R&D and innovation in German firms 2001 to 2013
Rammer, Christian; Schubert, Torben - 2016
Innovation activities in the German enterprise sector showed two opposing trends over the past two decades: While total innovation expenditures grew substantially, the number of firms conducting innovation activities fell sharply. Innovation expenditures hence concentrate on fewer firms. In this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011418886
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Der Mindestlohn im Dachdeckerhandwerk : Auswirkungen auf Beschäftigung, Arbeitnehmerschutz und Wettbewerb
Aretz, Bodo; Arntz, Melanie; Gregory, Terry; Rammer, … - 2012
Unternehmensbestands in Richtung Ein-Personen-Unternehmen zeigt. -- Mindestlohn ; Dachdeckerhandwerk ; Beschäftigung ; Arbeitnehmerschutz …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009657495
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Buyer power and suppliers' incentives to innovate
Köhler, Christian; Rammer, Christian - 2012
Buyer power is widely considered to decrease innovation incentives of suppliers. However, there is little empirical evidence for this statement. Our paper analyses how buyer power influences innovation incentives of upstream firms while taking into account the type of competition in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009657612