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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003319681
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Lost in translation : empirical evidence for liability of foreignness as barries to knowledge spillovers
Schmidt, Tobias (contributor); Sofka, Wolfgang (contributor) - 2006
country knowledge. We use a broad sample of roughly 1,000 firms in Germany to empirically test the existence of liabilities of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003273110
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Discrimination in grading? : experimental evidence from primary school
Sprietsma, Maresa - 2009
This paper studies the effect of teacher expectations on essay grades in an experimental setting. To this purpose, we randomly assign Turkish or German first names to a set of essays so that some teachers believe a given essay was written by a German native pupil, whereas others believe it was...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003902973
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Earnings prospects for people with migration background in Germany
Aldashev, Alisher (contributor);  … - 2007
Less than half of the people with migration background living in Germany possess foreign citizenship. Hence, using … group (native Germans) may be contaminated by effects from naturalized immigrants. This paper utilizes a wider definition … with migration background have similar earnings prospects to foreigners. Moreover, earnings prospects for native Germans do …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003480018
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Earnings prospects for people with migration background in Germany
Aldashev, Alisher (contributor);  … - 2007
Less than half of the people with migration background living in Germany possess foreign citizenship. Hence, using … group (native Germans) may be contaminated by effects from naturalized immigrants. This paper utilizes a wider definition … with migration background have similar earnings prospects to foreigners. Moreover, earnings prospects for native Germans do …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003527626
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Drivers for international innovation activities in developed and emerging countries
Schmiele, Anja - 2009
used to observe their impact on the decision to locate innovation activities in various countries and regions (China …&D cooperation. -- Internationalisation of R&D ; Innovation ; Absorptive Capacities ; Market Structure ; China ; Asia ; Emerging …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003888033
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Ethnic diversity and attitudes towards redistribution : a review of the literature
Stichnoth, Holger; Van der Straeten, Karine - 2009
We review the empirical literature that studies the effect of ethnic diversity on the welfare state and on individual attitudes. The outcome variables that we cover in the survey are on the one hand public spending, and on the other hand individual attitudes and behaviour, including charity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003857714
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003283604
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003806175
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003824062