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Discrete Innovation, Continuous Improvement,and Competitive Pressure
Ghosh, Arghya; Kato, Takao; Morita, Hodaka - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
Does competitive pressure foster innovation? In addressing this important question, priorstudies ignored a distinction between discrete innovation aiming at entirely new technologyand continuous improvement consisting of numerous incremental improvements andmodifications made upon the existing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005861521
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The Localization of Entrepreneurship Capital - Evidence from Germany -
Audretsch, David B.; Keilbach, Max - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2007
Whereas initially physical capital and later, knowledge capital were viewed as crucial for growth, more recently a very different factor, entrepreneurship capital, has emerged as a dri-ving force of economic growth. In this paper, we define a region’s capacity to create new firms start-ups as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005864584
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Employment Effects of Innovation at the Firm Level
Rottmann, Horst; Lachenmaier, Stefan - Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften <Amberg - 2007
This paper analyzes empirically the effects of innovation onemployment at the firm level using a uniquely long panel dataset ofGerman manufacturing firms. The overall effect of innovations onemployment often remains unclear in theoretical contributions dueto reverse effects. We distinguish...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005866096
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SME Policy and Firms’ Productivity in Latin America
Ibarrarán, Pablo; Maffioli, Alessandro; Stucchi, Rodolfo - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2009
and to simulate of the impact on productivity ofvarious policy scenarios.... …
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EXPLOITING SEQUENTIAL LEARNING TO ESTIMATEESTABLISHMENT-LEVEL PRODUCTIVITY DYNAMICS ANDDECISION RULES
Greenstreet, David - University <Oxford> / Department of Economics - 2007
idiosyncraticproductivities and update productivity beliefs using information revealed by their productionexperience. The estimator relies on the … industry. Estimation of productivity dynamics and of behavioraldecision rules are separated into recursive stages. Using … plausible estimates with small standard errors. Decision ruleestimates show that productivity beliefs affect investment and exit …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005870144
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Technological Opportunities, Absorptive Capacities, and Innovation
Becker, Wolfgang; Peters, Jürgen - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre <Augsburg> - 2000
The aim of this paper is to analyze the effects of technological opportunities on the innovation activities of firms, depending on their absorptive capacities. The importance and impacts of the ability of firms to use external knowledge sources were inquired especially for external knowledge...
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Vertical Integration and Technology: Theory and Evidence
Acemoglu, Daron; Aghion, Philippe; Griffith, Rachel; … - Institut für Schweizerisches Bankwesen <Zürich> - 2007
This paper investigates the determinants of vertical integration. We first derive a number of predictions regarding the relationship between technology intensity and vertical integration from a simple model with nancial imperfections andincomplete contracts. Then, we investigate these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005857773
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Workforce Reorganization and the Worker
Kriechel, Ben; Pfann, Gerard A. - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011
protected against downsizing due to larger productivity shocksand larger firing costs... …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009353907
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Foreign Ownership and Firm Survival:First Evidence for Enterprises in Germany
Wagner, Joachim; Weche Gelübcke, John Philipp - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn>
This paper documents the relationship between foreign ownership and firm survival forenterprises in Germany using unique tailor-made new representative data that mergeinformation from surveys performed by the Statistical Offices, from administrative datacollected by the Tax Authorities and from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009486992
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Exports and Productivity Growth:First Evidence from a Continuous Treatment Approach
Fryges, Helmut; Wagner, Joachim - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
the other hand, previous empirical studies show thatexporting does not necessarily improve productivity. One possible …'s exportstatus and the growth of its labour productivity, using the firms' export status as a binarytreatment variable and comparing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005863028