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The discussion on regional innovation systems emphasizes the duality of local and global links. While the former enable effective knowledge exchange between regional actors, the latter are considered to provide regional systems with knowledge diverse to their knowledge base. Our empirical...
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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...
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We analyze information and knowledge transfer in a sample of 16 German regional innovation networks with almost 300 firms and research organizations involved. The results indicate that strong ties are more beneficial for the exchange of knowledge and information than weak ties. Moreover, our...
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We propose a stylised dynamic model to understand the role of social networks in the phenomenon we call "globalization." This term refers to the process by which even agents who are geographically far apart come to interact, thus being able to overcome what would otherwise be a fast saturation...
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In this paper we propose definitions of funding liquidity and funding liquidity risk and present a simple, yet … intuitive, measure of funding liquidity risk based on data from open market operations. Our empirical analysis uses a unique … our proxies for funding liquidity risk are typically stable and low, with occasional spikes, especially during the recent …
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liquidity. Asset shocks impair a bank's ability to roll over debt because of agency problems associated with high leverage. In … turn, banks hoard liquidity and decrease term lending as their rollover risk increases over the term of the loan. High …
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A theory of land market activity is developed for settings where there is uncertainty and private information about the … market transactions. The implications of the theory are tested using household level data from Indonesia. As predicted …. Additional implications of the theory are verified empirically by constructing a proxy variable for land tenure security and …
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Die im Rahmen des vom Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) geförderten Projektes KompNet2011 - Erfolgsfaktoren regionaler Innovationsnetze - durchgeführte Befragung untersucht die Innovationskooperationen sowie Wissenstransferaktivitäten von schwerpunktmäßig kleinen und...
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We develop a model of R&D competition between an incumbent and a potential entrant with network externalities and durable goods. We show that the threat of entry eliminates the commitment problem that an incumbent may face in its R&D decision due to the goods? durability. Moreover, a potential...
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We offer a multi-period systemic risk assessment framework with which to assess recent liquidity and capital regulatory … requirement proposals in a holistic way. Following Morris and Shin (2009), we introduce funding liquidity risk as an endogenous … outcome of the interaction between market liquidity risk, solvency risk, and the funding structure of banks. To assess the …
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