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The effect of broadband infrastructure on entrepreneurial activities : the case of Germany
Heger, Diana; Koomen, Miriam; Veith, Tobias - 2011
This paper investigates whether the local infrastructure favours entrepreneurial activities. Besides the physical and knowledge infrastructure we take into account a county’s broadband availability by building an index which accounts for county-related specificities. We find that broadband...
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Does R&D-infrastructure attract high-tech start-ups?
Engel, Dirk; Fier, Andreas - 2000
Our research, based on the ZEW-Foundation Panel East, examines whether high-tech start-ups are mainly founded in scientific and infrastructural well suited regions or not. Estimation results on the level of postcode areas confirm the hypothesis that specific human capital, knowledge spillovers...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011444711
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Money for novelty : the role of venture capital investments for innovation in young technology-based firms
Heger, Diana - 2013
This paper examines the role of venture capital on a firm's innovation activities by using a data set of German … technology-based firms founded between 1996 and 2005. Innovation is proxied by patent counts and an index of innovativeness which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010193833
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Dynamic R&D choice and the impact of the firm's financial strength
Peters, Bettina; Roberts, Mark J.; Vuong, Van Anh - 2015
This article investigates how a firm's financial strength affcts its dynamic decision to invest in R&D. We estimate a dynamic model of R&D choice using data for German firms in high-tech manufacturing industries. The model incorporates a measure of the firm's financial strength, derived from its...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011404565
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The organizational design of high-tech startups and product innovation
Grimpe, Christoph; Murmann, Martin; Sofka, Wolfgang - 2017
We investigate whether appointing a middle management level affects startups’ innovation performance. Additional …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011765013
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The employment impact of cleaner production on the firm level : empirical evidence from a survey in five European countries
Rennings, Klaus; Zwick, Thomas - 2001
This paper analyses the determinants of employment reactions of firms when environmental innovations have been carried out. It differentiates hereby between employment increases and decreases. The data stem from a telephone survey covering more than 1500 firms in five European countries that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011445814
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Allocation of human capital and innovation at the frontier : firm-level evidence on Germany and the Netherlands
Bartelsmann, Eric; Dobbelaere, Sabien; Peters, Bettina - 2014
performance is higher in all industries, except for low-technology manufacturing, and in the Netherlands the innovation …This paper examines how productivity effects of human capital and innovation vary at different points of the …,586 enterprises in the Netherlands over the period 2000-2008, considering 5 manufacturing and services industries that differ in the …
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Review on the literature of mergers on innovation
Schulz, Norbert (contributor) - 2007
Both M&A and innovation are instruments for growth and competitive advantage. Therefore they are fundamental to each … unfortunate as both processes - the process of innovation and the process of mergers and acquisitions - are intimately connected …. The impact of mergers on innovation can only be rigorously assessed, if the converse direction of influence - mergers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003554680
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Integration and reorganisation of industrial R&D : deficits and perspectives of empirical research
Grimpe, Christoph (contributor) - 2005
The combination of research and development units following a merger or an acquisition usually requires a broad and widespread integration project to ensure that a company’s innovative capabilities are carried forward into the future. Previous research has shown, however, that the combined...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003242975
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Erfolgreiche Forschung und Entwicklung nach Unternehmensakquisitationen : eine empirische Untersuchung der Post Merger Integrationsprozesse
Grimpe, Christoph (contributor) - 2005
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