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The impact of regulation-driven environmental innovation on innovation success and firm performance

Rennings, Klaus; Rammer, Christian - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2010

The impact of environmental innovations on firm performance is ambiguous. On the one hand, regulatory …

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The Impact of Innovation Off-shoring on Organizational Adaptability

Baier, Elisabeth; Rammer, Christian; Schubert, Torben - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2013

We analyze the effects of captive off-shoring of innovation activities on the firms’ ability to adapt its organizational structures. Basing our arguments on complexity theory, we use three consecutive waves of the German part of the Community Innovation Survey to test our hypotheses. We find...

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University research alliances, absorptive capacity, and the contribution of startups to employment growths

Toole, Andrew A.; Czarnitzki, Dirk; Rammer, Christian - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014

This paper examines how university research alliances and other cooperative links with universities contribute to startup employment growth. We argue that 'scientific absorptive capacity' at the startup is critical for reaping the benefits from university research alliances, but not necessarily...

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Resource allocation flexibility for innovation performance: The effects of breadth, uncertainty, and selectiveness

Klingebiel, Ronald; Rammer, Christian - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2011

Our study shows empirically that the choice of resource allocation strategy affects innovation performance. A policy of … project. We find further indication that the performance effect of breadth increases with commercial uncertainty. It is also …, we theorize that breadth increases performance as it spreads a firm's bets on unproven innovative endeavors, and more so …

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Globalisation of Innovation in SMEs: Why They Go Abroad and What They Bring Back Home

Rammer, Christian; Schmiele, Anja - In: Applied Economics Quarterly (formerly: Konjunkturpolitik) 59 (2008) Supplement, pp. 173-212

This paper investigates the drivers and the effects of the internationalisation of innovation activities in SMEs based on a large data set of German firms. We look at different stages of the innovation process (R&D, design, production and sales of new products, and implementation of new...

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The impact on innovation off-shoring on organizational adaptability

Baier, Elisabeth; Rammer, Christian; Schuber, Torben - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013

We analyze the effects of captive off-shoring of innovation activities on the firms' ability to adapt their organizational processes and structures. Starting from complexity theory, we use three consecutive waves of the German part of the Community Innovation Survey to test our hypotheses. We...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010957583

University spinoffs and the 'performance premium'

Czarnitzki, Dirk; Rammer, Christian; Toole, Andrew A. - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013

larger stream of social benefits than industry startups, a performance premium. This paper outlines the arguments why the … existence of a performance premium using a sample of German startup companies. We find that university spinoffs exhibit a … performance premium of 3.4 percentage points higher employment growth over industry startups. The analysis also shows that the …

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Modelling production cost scenarios for biofuels and fossil fuels in Europe

Festel, Gunter; Würmseher, Martin; Rammer, Christian; … - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013

This paper presents the results of a calculation model for biofuel production costs in 2015 and 2020 based on raw material price projections and considering scale and learning effects. Distinguishing six types of biofuels, the paper finds that scale economies and learning effects are critical...

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Non-technological and Technological Innovation: Strange Bedfellows?

Schmidt, Tobias; Rammer, Christian - 2007

nontechnological innovation in firms, their relation to technological innovation, and their effects to firm performance and success …

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Drivers and Effects of Internationalising Innovation by SMEs

Schmiele, Anja; Rammer, Christian - 2008

This paper investigates the drivers and the effects of the internationalisation of innovation activities in SMEs based on a large data set of German firms covering the period 2002-2007. We look at different stages of the innovation process (R&D, design, production and sales of new products, and...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298045