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The effects of knowledge managementon innovative success –an empirical analysis of German firms
Cantner, Uwe; Joel, Kristin; Tobias Schmidt - Volkswirtschaftliches Forschungszentrum <Frankfurt, Main> - 2009
. Using a matching procedure on data from theGerman Innovation Survey of 2003 (“Mannheim Innovation Panel”), we pair … on the share of cost reductions withprocess innovation.[...] Uwe Cantner, Kristin Joel, Tobias Schmidt …
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Distance to Frontier and Appropriate Business Strategy
Coad, Alexander - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> / Abteilung … - 2008
This paper is an empirical test of the hypothesis that the appropriateness of differentbusiness strategies is conditional on the firm’s distance to the industry frontier. We usedata on four 2-digit high-tech manufacturing industries in the US over the period 1972-1999, and apply...
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Motives for Innovation Co-operation –Evidence from theCanadian Survey of Innovation
Schmidt Tobias - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung <Mannheim>
In this paper we analyse the decision of firms in the Canadian manufacturing sectorto co-operate on innovation projects …. Our focus is on the motives behind this decisionand the firm characteristics, both general and with respect to innovation … activities,which influence the motives for innovation co-operation. Using data from theCanadian Survey of Innovation 2005 we find …
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Innovation Networks of High Tech SMES: Creation of Knowledge but no Creation of Value
Winters, Rob; Stam, Erik - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2007
This paper analyses the effects of innovation networks on product and pro-cess innovation and sales growth of high … technology SMEs. Innovation net-works are positively related to both product and process innovation, i.e. know-ledge creation …. One exception is the negative effect of innovation networks with suppliers on product innovation. Older SMEs are more …
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Knowledge sourcing:legitimacy deficits for MNC subsidiaries?
Schmidt, Tobias; Sofka, Wolfgang - Volkswirtschaftliches Forschungszentrum <Frankfurt, Main> - 2009
Multinational corporations (MNC) search increasingly for lead market knowledge andtechnological expertise around the globe. We investigate whether their subsidiaries gainaccess to these valuable sources of host country knowledge to the same degree as domesticrivals. We develop a theoretical...
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Alternative Flexibilisierungsstrategien der Beschäftigung
Carstensen, Vivian - 1999
Dieser Beitrag wägt Vorteile und Nachteile verschiedener Flexibilisierungsstrategien ab, die der Stabilisierung des Beschäftigungsniveaus dienen. Insgesamt zeigt sich, daß Arbeitszeitflexibilisierung durch Arbeitszeitkonten alternativen - kurzfristig ausgerichteten - Anpassungsmechanismen aus...
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Employment stability via Annualized Hours Contracts?
Carstensen, Vivian - 2000
The presented paper proves that working time arrangements, which include hours flexibilityand enable hours deposits, are appealing under product market uncertainty. The modelintegrates efficiency wage arguments into an implicit insurance-contract environment, thusextending the existing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005840947
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Competing Institutions : Organization of Work and Efficient Reorganization
Carstensen, Vivian - 2001
This paper contributes to recent research on work organization as a key success factor.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005840948
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Firm growth: empirical analysis
Coad, Alexander; Hölzl, Werner - Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften - 2010
Recent research has led to the empirical regularity that rm growth rate distributionsare heavy tailed. This nding implies that a few rms experience spectaculargrowth rates and decline, but that most rms have marginal growth rates. The literatureon high growth rms shows that high growth rms are...
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Risiken infolge von Technologie-Outsourcing?
Stephan, Michael - Sonderforschungsbereich Ökonomisches Risiko <Berlin> - 2007
Ein großer Anteil der multinational tätigen Großunternehmen ist in technologieintensiven, dynamischen Branchen tätig und verfügt über ein breites Spektrum an technologischen Ressourcen. In den vergangenen Dekaden hat ein Großteil dieser Unternehmen zunehmend Wertschöpfungsleistungen an...
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