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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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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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How weather-proof is the construction sector? : empirical evidence from Germany
Arntz, Melanie (contributor); Wilke, Ralf A. (contributor) - 2008
, Germany maintains an extensive bad weather allowance system. Since the mid 1990s, these regulations have been subject to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003784704
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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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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 …
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003337981
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Skill wage premia, employment, and cohort effects : are workers in Germany all of the same type?
Fitzenberger, Bernd (contributor); Kohn, Karsten (contributor) - 2006
This paper studies the relationship between employment and wage structures in West Germany based on the IAB employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003338004
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Do spillovers stimulate incremental or drastic product innovations? : Hypotheses and evidence from German establishment data
Jirjahn, Uwe (contributor); Kraft, Kornelius (contributor) - 2006
We estimate the determinants of various types of product innovation. Knowledge spillovers from rivals have a positive impact on incremental innovations. This impact is largely independent of the participation in R&D cooperations. Spillovers exert no such independent influence on drastic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003319674