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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 …

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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 …

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Patent thickets, licensing and innovative performance

Cockburn, Iain (contributor); MacGarvie, Megan (contributor) - 2008

We examine the relationship between fragmented intellectual property (IP) rights and innovative performance, taking into consideration the role played by in-licensing of IP. Controlling for a variety of firm and market characteristics, we find that firms facing more fragmented IP landscapes are...

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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...

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An empirical analysis of the effects of patents and secrecy on knowledge spillovers

Schmidt, Tobias (contributor) - 2006

Theoretical considerations suggest that secrecy reduces spillovers almost completely through non-disclosure, while the disclosure requirement of patents generates some spillover and at the same time allows firms to appropriate knowledge. In this paper we empirically analyze whether protection by...

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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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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...

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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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To be financed or not : the role of patents for venture capital financing

Häussler, Carolin (contributor); … - 2009

This paper investigates how patent applications and grants held by new ventures improve their ability to attract venture capital (VC) financing. We argue that investors are faced with considerable uncertainty and therefore rely on patents as signals when trying to assess the prospects of...

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