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The importance of equity finance for R&D activity - are there differences between young and oldcompanies?
Müller, Elisabeth (contributor);  … - 2006
This paper analyzes the importance of equity finance for the R&D activity of small and medium-sized enterprises. We use information on almost 6000 German SMEs from a company survey. Using the intensity of banking competition at the district level as instrument to control for endogeneity, we find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003301146
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Grenzen und Reichweiten nationaler Innovationssysteme und forschungspolitische Implikationen
Spielkamp, Alfred - 1997
importance of the interactions and linkages among acteurs and institutions involved in innovation and technology development of a … country and calls such a web of interaction a national innovation system. The theoretical and empirical analyses on national … systems of innovation lead to the conclusion that countries differ in the way in which knowledge flows and that innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011440884
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Managing search strategies for open innovation : the role of environmental munificence as well as internal and external R&D
Sofka, Wolfgang (contributor); Grimpe, Christoph (contributor) - 2008
Firms compete increasingly in an open innovation environment. Search strategies for external knowledge become therefore … are built through internal or external R&D activities) and the munificence of its innovation environment. We test these … its breadth. Moreover, we find that scarce innovation environments favor deep search strategies while breadth is more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003761002
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Knowledge flows, R&D spillovers and innovation
Peri, Giovanni (contributor) - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001792560
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Innovation dynamics and endogenous market structure : econometric results from aggregated survey data
Gottschalk, Sandra; Janz, Norbert Helmut - 2001
This paper examines empirically the relationship between innovation and market structure within a simultaneous … concentration. In contrast, competition enforces innovation, i.e. sales concentration has a negative impact on R&D. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011446652
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Life scientist mobility from academe to industry : does academic entrepreneurship induce a costly "brain drain" on the not-for-profit research sector?
Toole, Andrew A. (contributor); Czarnitzki, Dirk (contributor) - 2007
who start or join for-profit firms using information from the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003607671
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Are local milieus the key to innovation performance?
Binz, Hanna L. (contributor); Czarnitzki, Dirk (contributor) - 2008
This study investigates how local milieus foster innovation success of firms. We complement the common practice of … availability of highly skilled labor and the proximity to suppliers matters for firms’ innovation performance. Interestingly …, location factors obtained from the survey provide a more accurate explanation on how local milieus facilitate innovation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003634815
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The knowledge production of 'R' and 'D'
Czarnitzki, Dirk (contributor); Kraft, Kornelius (contributor) - 2008
Many studies investigate the relationship between R&D expenditures as an input and patents as an intermediate product or output of a knowledge production function. We suggest that the productivity of research in patent production functions has been underestimated in the literature, as scholars...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003728577
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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 … exert no such independent influence on drastic innovation activities. The results support the hypothesis that establishments …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003319674
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Innovation activities abroad and the effects of liability of foreignness : where it hurts
Sofka, Wolfgang (contributor) - 2006
The innovation activities of foreign subsidiaries have been identified as an important source of competitive advantage … foreignness). We derive potential stumbling blocks in the innovation process theoretically and argue that these materialize as … 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