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Firm heterogeneity, industry characteristics and types of FDI : the case of German FDI in the Czech Republic
Görg, Holger; Mühlen, Henning; Nunnenkamp, Peter - 2009
In addition to firm and industry characteristics, the heterogeneity of foreign direct investment (FDI) has to be taken …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003872043
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Globalization of the automobile industry : Traditional locations under pressure?
Spatz, Julius - 2002
Even though the automobile industry is technologically advanced, the increasing integration of low-income countries into the global division of labor has put competitive pressure on traditional automobile producing countries. New end-producers emerged in Asia, Latin America as well as Southern...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011490981
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Globalization of the automobile industry : traditional locations under pressure?
Spatz, Julius - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013261175
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An empirical test of the asymmetric models on innovative activity : who invests more into R&D - the incumbent or the challenger?
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Kraft, Kornelius - 2000
The theoretical discussion concerning the question whether the incumbent or the (potential) entrant invests more into R&D has attracted considerable interest. This paper reports the results of an empirical study on this question using data of about 3500 German firms over the years 1992 to 1995....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011444512
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Management control and innovative activity
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Kraft, Kornelius - 2000
This paper discusses theoretically the different incentives of managers versus firm owners to invest in innovative activities. There are opposing effects concerning R&D intensity in the manager-controlled firm. Our study on the determinants of R&D intensity presents empirical results concerning...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011445230
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Evaluation of public R&D policies : a cross-country comparison
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Lopes Bento, Cindy - 2010
This study focuses on the effect of public funding on internal R&D investment and on total innovation intensity on a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008665042
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R&D investment and financing constraints of small and medium-sized firms
Czarnitzki, Dirk (contributor); Binz, Hanna L. (contributor) - 2008
This study tests for financial constraints on R&D investment and how they differ from capital investment. To identify …, measured by mark-ups, are more decisive for R&D than for capital investment. For external constraints, we find a monotonic … relationship between the level of constriction and firm size for both types of investment. Thus, external constraints turn out to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003728587
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The effect of entry on R&D investment of leaders : theory and mpirical evidence
Czarnitzki, Dirk (contributor); Etro, Federico (contributor) - 2008
We develop a simple model of competition for the market that shows that, contrary to the Arrow view, endogenous entry threat in a market induces the average firm to invest less in R&D and the incumbent leader to invest more. We test these predictions with a Tobit model based on a unique dataset...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003761020
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An empirical test of the asymmetric models on innovative activity : who invests more into R&D - the incumbent or the challenger?
Czarnitzki, Dirk - 2000
The theoretical discussion concerning the question whether the incumbent or the (potential) entrant invests more into R&D has attracted considerable interest. This paper reports the results of an empirical study on this question using data of about 3500 German firms over the years 1992 to 1995....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013428313
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Management control and innovative activity
Czarnitzki, Dirk - 2000
This paper discusses theoretically the different incentives of managers versus firm owners to invest in innovative activities. There are opposing effects concerning R&D intensity in the manager-controlled firm. Our study on the determinants of R&D intensity presents empirical results concerning...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013428380