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Corporate monitoring by blockholders in Europe : empirical evidence of managerial disciplining in Belgium, France, Germany, and the UK

Dherment-Ferere, Isabelle; Köke, F. Jens; Renneboog, Luc - 2001

This study examines managerial disciplining in poorly performing firms using large panels for Belgian, French, German and UK firms. We consider the monitoring role of large blockholders, the market for share blocks, creditors, and non-executive directors. Board restructuring is correlated to...

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Does innovation stimulate employment? : a firm-level analysis using comparable micro-data from four uropean countries

Harrison, Rupert; Jaumandreu Balanzo, Jordi; Mairesse, … - 2008

This paper studies the impact of process and product innovations introduced by firms on employment growth in these firms. A simple model that relates employment growth to process innovations and to the growth of sales separately due to innovative and unchanged products is developed and estimated...

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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

projects managers in partnering organisations, addressing technical and scientific competence, R&D management competence and …

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Hidden champions - how young and small technology-oriented firms can attain high export-sales ratios

Fryges, Helmut (contributor) - 2006

Determinants of a firm's export-sales ratio (degree of internationalisation) are frequently discussed in the literature related to individual firms' export activities. Stylised facts show a positive relationship between firm size and firm age on the one hand and the firm's export-sales ratio on...

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The export-growth relationship estimating a dose-response function

Fryges, Helmut (contributor) - 2006

The relationship between individual firms’ export behaviour and firm performance has been studied extensively in the economic literature. However, most studies from the field of economics only distinguish between exporting and non-exporting companies, using the firms’ export status as a...

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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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Internationalisation of high-tech start-ups and fast growth-evidence for UK and Germany

Bürgel, Oliver; Fier, Andreas; Licht, Georg; Murray, … - 2000

For firms acting in technological niches the expansion into foreign markets can be a way to increase sales and to thus to recover initial sunk costs over a shorter time frame. Our research, based on survey data for nearly 600 British and German high-tech start-ups, examines whether...

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The change of sales modes in international markets : empirical results for German and Britisch high-tech firms

Fryges, Helmut (contributor) - 2005

The choice of the appropriate sales mode belongs to the firm’s most important strategic decisions after entering into a foreign market. Thus, it is important that the selected foreign sales mode best suits a firm’s available resources and capabilities. However, these resources and...

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Productivity, growth, and internationalisation : the case of German and British high techs

Fryges, Helmut (contributor) - 2004

International engagement is often expected to improve firm performance. Especially for small technology-oriented firms, export activities may be important, being regarded as one way to amortise these firms’ high product research and development costs. This paper examines the relationship...

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Carbon management : evidence from case studies of German firms under the EU ETS

Heindl, Peter; Lutz, Benjamin Johannes - 2012

This paper examines the management practices of German firms with obligations under the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU …. The paper sheds light on management and trading practices, abatement behaviour, and the impact of the EU ETS on long …-term decisions, such as investment decisions or innovative capacity. The aim is to provide information on firm-internal management …

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