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Research cooperation and research expenditures with endogenous absorptive capacity : theory and microeconometric evidence for the German service sector
Kaiser, Ulrich - 2000
market competition. The amount of knowledge firms can absorb from other firms is made dependent on their own research efforts … positive effect on R&D efforts both under research joint venture and under research competition. Firms' propensity to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011444658
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A simple game-theoretical framework for studying R&D expenditures and R&D cooperation
Kaiser, Ulrich - 2001
market competition. The amount of knowledge firms can absorb is made dependent on their own research efforts, e.g. firms …-cooperating firms if spillovers are sufficiently large. The degree of market competition is a key determinant of the effects of research … cooperation on research efforts, implying that existing models which assume perfect competition might be too restrictive. …
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Noncognitive skills, Internet use and educational dropout
Coneus, Katja (contributor); Gernandt, Johannes (contributor) - 2008
Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel for the years 2000 to 2006 we analyze the determinants and labor market effects of educational dropout. In addition to classical variables like family background and occupation, we examine noncognitive skills and Internet use. Noncognitive skills...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003728547
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003738701
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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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Educational attaintment and returns to education in Germany : an analysis by subject of degree, gender and region
Ammermüller, Andreas (contributor);  … - 2005
Germany in the time period 1985-2002. Returns to education are estimated using Mincer equations. We analyze microcensus data … first time for Germany in such detail. The data indicate an educational expansion, especially for women in West Germany … degree subjects in West than in East Germany, especially for women. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002681891
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Aggregate unemployment decreases individual returns to education
Ammermüller, Andreas (contributor);  … - 2006
On the basis of a theoretical model, we argue that higher aggregate unemployment affects individual returns to education. We therefore include aggregate unemployment and an interaction term between unemployment and the individual education level in a standard Mincer equation. Our results show...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003328091
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Continuing vocational training in Germany : a comparative study using 3 German data set
Kuckulenz, Anja (contributor) - 2006
Empirical work on continuing training in Germany provides surprisingly divergent evidence on the incidence of training …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003314706
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Wage and productivity effect of continuing training in Germany : a sectoral analysis
Kuckulenz, Anja (contributor) - 2006
Wage and productivity effects of training are compared to study how the training rent is shared between employers and employees. With panel data from 1996-2002, I analyse the impact of continuing training on wages and productivity in a Cobb-Douglas production framework. Using system GMM...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003314707
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Detecting behavioural additionality : an empirical study on the impact of public R&D funding on firms' cooperative behaviour in Germany
Aschhoff, Birgit (contributor); Fier, Andreas (contributor);  … - 2006
Subsidising research networks has become a popular instrument in technology policies, driven mainly by expected positive spillovers. In particular, the stimulation of R&D co-operation between scientific institutions and industry is considered as most promising. In the context of policy...
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