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The EU Framework Programs: Are they worth doing?
Dekker, Ronald; kleinknecht, A.H. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
Using CIS data from the Netherlands, Germany and France we test whether EU Framework programs do have effects on their participants' R&D input and innovative output. From our Heckman selection equations, we conclude that the FPs attract the "elite" of European innovators. The question is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005786904
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Impact of Innovation Upon the Dynamics of Romanian Small and Medium Sized Enterprises
Ciurea, Jeanina; Demyen, Suzana - In: Annals of the University of Petrosani, Economics 13 (2013) 1, pp. 61-72
Innovation is central to economic growth, as the area in which it develops takes the whole sphere of economic … measures that European countries which already apply and Romania, willing to encourage innovation. The present paper presents … innovation and also the ways of applying it within small and medium sized enterprises. …
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Auswirkungen der Wirtschaftskrise auf die Innovationstätigkeit der Unternehmen in Deutschland
Rammer, Christian - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung / Quarterly … 80 (2011) 3, pp. 13-34
The massive economic crisis 2008/09 had substantial impacts on the innovation activities of the German economy. The … loss in sales and profits resulted in a sharp decline of innovation expenditure. While capital expenditure for new products … and improved processes were cut substantially, R&D budgets basically remained unchanged. Firms with innovation and R …
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Knowledge and rent spillovers through government-sponsored R&D consortia
Nishimura, Junichi; Okamuro, Hiroyuki - Center for Interfirm Network, Institute of Economic Research - 2013
attracting increasing attention as an effective means of promoting innovation. Especially for SMEs, such collaboration provides …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010607131
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Empirical Essays in the Economics of Ageing and the Economics of Innovation
Reinkowski, Janina - ifo Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der …
independent from each other: the economics of ageing and the economics of innovation. The first three chapters cover the impact of …
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The impact of brand use on innovation performance: Empirical results for Germany
Crass, Dirk - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014
The market launch of product innovations is the most visible output of a firm's investment in innovation activities. To … number of different ways, and optimize their innovation process. The success of a firm's innovation strategy has two … product innovation. Second, the ability to turn the market introduction of a product innovation into commercial success. While …
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Knowledge Production in Nanomaterials : An Application of Spatial Filtering to Regional Systems of Innovation
Grimpe, Christoph; Patuelli, Roberto - USI Università della Svizzera italiana - 2008
Nanomaterials are seen as a key technology for the 21st Century, and much is expected of them in terms of innovation … products. In this context, it seems all the more important for regions to put their own innovation systems in place, and to … conditions and configurations allow a regional innovation system to be competitive in a cutting-edge technology like …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004989699
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Is Germany’s Energy Transition a case of successful Green Industrial Policy? Contrasting wind and solar PV
Pegels, Anna; Lütkenhorst, Wilfried - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
) innovation, 3) job creation, 4) climate change mitigation, and 5) cost. We find mixed evidence that Germany reaches its green …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011113483
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A demand for innovation support in small and medium sized enterprises in the Baltic sea region.
Olczyk, Magdalena - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
The aim of the study is to analyze the actual demand of SMEs from the Baltic Sea region for innovation support. The … results of the conducted study can help formulate recommendations designed to increase innovation and competitiveness of SMEs … in the Baltic Sea Region in the future. Research activities of this study include: the evaluation of innovation level of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009323491
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Improvement of cooperation among SMEs and other stakeholders as means of fostering innovation
Magdalena, Olczyk; Marzena, Starnawska; Izabela, Richter - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
innovation in business has been done …
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