it can be argued that product innovation raises barriers to entry and thus improve profitability. This study examines the …Product innovation is a competitive strategy in food industry. Successful product development management is a key … effect of functional food innovative activity (compared to overall innovative activity) on the profitability of 23 German …

on the effects of the patent stock on profitability. The data base is a representative sample of German manufacturing … patent stock has a strong and robust effect on profitability. …

migration research has demonstrated positive economic impacts of cultural diversity on productivity and innovation at the … regional level. However, there is a dearth of research on the links between innovation and migrant diversity at the firm level … administrative data obtained from Statistics Netherlands. Excluding firms in the hospitality industry and other industries that …

Using rich administrative data from the Netherlands, we study the consequences of firm consolidation for workers. For …

This paper presents some ideas about determinants of merger waves and some evidence on their effect on profitability … responsible for the latest wave. The impact of merger activities on profitability and employment growth are studied by using the …

Knowledge spillovers to competitors are regarded as an important aspect of the innovation process. While a company … leakage of knowledge in an industry will negatively affect profitability. This paper presents the results of an empirical … study on the effects of outgoing and incoming spillovers on firms? profitability. It turns out that the expected asymmetry …

firm's ability to improve its productivity growth and profitability. The case study reported here concerns the … in which the dependent variable is alternatively (labor) productivity growth and profitability. Our findings show that … growth and profitability. This suggests that firms pursue different strategies when patenting with the USPTO and the EPO, and …

Nach den Ergebnissen des jüngsten ifo Innovationstests stieg der Innovatorenanteil in der deutschen Industrie im Jahr …

have a positive influence on the profitability of firms. This study examines the effect of product diversification on the … profitability of 25 German food industry sectors from 1977 to 1994. The analysis reveals a positive effect of diversification on the … profitability of industries. …

if they are not. We present empirical evidence on effects of perceived threat of entry on profitability. Using … profitability is confirmed. The number and the relative size of competitors also exert considerable effects. We find no …