Breitschopf, Barbara; Grupp, Hariolf - In: International Economics and Economic Policy 1 (2004) 2, pp. 135-155
technology products suffer less from a weak economic momentum in their domestic markets. A further distinction needs to be made …€œtrade diversionâ€\x9D of West German high technology from international markets to the absorbing East German markets was over, in the … international patent activities. However, the foreign trade success that the German technology sector enjoyed is mainly based on the …