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The performance of German firms in the business-related service sectors : a dynamic analysis
Nguyen-Van Phu; Kaiser, Ulrich; Laisney, François - 2000
We analyze the performance of firms in the German business-related services sector. A quarterly business survey provides the panel data base of our study. Firm performance is measured by the survey respondents' ordinal indication of their changes in total sales. We use a firstorder Markov chain...
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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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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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How clean is clean? : incremental versus radical technological change in coal-fired power plants
Rennings, Klaus; Markewitz, Peter; Vögele, Stefan - 2009
In the discussion on innovations for sustainable development, radical innovations are frequently called for in order that the transformation of society to a system perceived as sustainable can succeed. The reason given for this is the greater environmental efficiency of these innovations. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003835112
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Fit and complementarity : cognitive distance and combined competence as predictors of co-operative R&D projects' outcomes in Europe
Zibell, Laurent; Allen, Peter M. - 2009
cultural features. Empirical validation was performed on 92 projects based in France, Germany and the United Kingdom in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003902965
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Does interdisciplinarity lead to higher employment growth of academic spinoffs?
Müller, Bettina - 2009
successful than single entrepreneurs? These questions are analysed using data on academic spinoffs in Germany. Firm success is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003919042
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Mitarbeiteranreizsysteme und Innovationserfolg
Czarnitzki, Dirk (contributor); Kraft, Kornelius (contributor) - 2007
Wir diskutieren die Faktoren für eine erfolgreiche Umsetzung eines Systems des betrieblichen Vorschlagswesens und anderer Maßnahmen zur Stimulierung des Innovationserfolgs. Im Anschluss wird die Wirkung des betrieblichen Vorschlagswesens auf den Innovationserfolg empirisch überprüft. Als...
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The impact of regulation-driven environmental innovation on innovation success and firm performance
Rennings, Klaus; Rammer, Christian - 2010
Umweltinnovationen auf den Innovations- und Geschäftserfolg von Unternehmen sind seit langem Gegenstand kontroverser Debatten. Die … zentrale Frage ist, ob sich Unternehmen mit Umweltinnovationen ähnliche Markterfolge erzielen wie mit anderen (markt- oder … stellen Umweltinnovationen zusätzliche Kosten für das innovierende Unternehmen dar und verringern dadurch die Rendite …
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Internationalisation of high-tech start-ups and fast growth-evidence for UK and Germany
Bürgel, Oliver; Fier, Andreas; Licht, Georg; Murray, … - 2000
multinationale Unternehmen strategische Instrumente, indem sie zum Beispiel international expandieren, um Skalenerträge zu erhöhen … organisatorische Ressourcen erfordern, stellt sich die Frage, wie die kleinsten Unternehmen im High-tech Sektor, die "High-tech Start …-ups", sich solchen Herausforderungen stellen. Ist diesen Unternehmen ein ressourcen-intensiver Markteintritt möglich, um früh …
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The shadow of death : an empirical analysis of the pre-exit performance of young German firms
Almus, Matthias - 2000
This paper makes an empirical contribution to confirm the stylized fact that the performance of firms deteoriates in the years before exit. For this reason we evaluate whether market exits differ significantly in their employment development in the years before market drop-out compared to...
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