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The impact of R&D activities on exports of German business services enterprises: First evidence from a continuous treatment approach
Vogel, Alexander; Wagner, Joachim - 2012
This study uses newly available representative data from German business services firms and a continuous treatment approach based on the generalized propensity score to test for a causal effect of R&D activities (measured by the share of engineers and natural scientists in all employees) on the...
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Innovation and exports of German business services enterprises: First evidence from a new type of firm data
Vogel, Alexander; Wagner, Joachim - 2012
This paper contributes to the literature by providing the first evidence on the link between innovation activities … convincing attempt to investigate the direction of the causal link between exports and innovation activities. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294458
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Business services in Germany: bridges for innovation
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Spielkamp, Alfred - 2000
During the last 20 years, R&D and innovation activities in the service sector have clearly increased. Especially …" of technological information within the economy. They are providers, purchasers or partners in the context of innovation …. A sound innovation capacity, especially knowledge, creativity, market and management skills let them become bridges for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297716
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Business services outsourcing and economic growth: Evidence from a dynamic panel data approach
Dettmer, Bianka - 2012
Innovations in information- and telecommunication technology render the proximity requirement between business partners obsolete and make business service outsourcing via cross-border trade more feasible. Although the (service-led) growth prospects have been widely discussed, evidence at the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291838
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Exports and productivity in the German business services sector: first evidence from the turnover tax statistics panel
Vogel, Alexander - 2008
A wide range of empirical studies has analysed the relationship between exports and productivity in the manufacturing sector. By contrast, a detailed investigation of the services sector has remained neglected. To close this gap, this paper provides first evidence about export and productivity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265180
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What affects the main engine of growth in the European economy? Industrial interconnectedness and differences in performance of business services across the EU25
Sobolewski, Maciej; Poniatowski, Grzegorz - 2013
The main purpose of this study is to determine what are the main factors which stand behind the diversity in performance of business services measured by their contribution to growth in the EU Member States. We show that in addition to typical growth factors which enhance labour productivity,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011430896
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International Fragmentation of Tradable Business Services: the Case of Hungary
Sass, Magdolna - 2010
Hungary is increasingly appearing on the map of trade in services. This is mainly due to the appearance of foreign owned shared services centres, regional or even global headquarters of multinationals. First, data problems are listed in detail when analysing tradable services (applying,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010494441
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Outsourcing, Offshoring - Service Offshoring: Bane or Boon and What to Do?
Brainard, Lael; Litan, Robert - In: CESifo Forum 05 (2004) 2, pp. 3-7
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011695751
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International service transactions: Is time a trade barrier in a connected world?
Dettmer, Bianka - 2010
The firms' international fragmentation of production has recently widened its focus from outsourcing of intermediates to off-shoring of business services such as software program development and international call centre networks. Although a large number of business services are intangible and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281652
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Yrityspalveluiden kasvu, kansainvälistyminen ja kilpailukyky
Mankinen, Reijo - 2003
the firms assume precisely the role in the Finnish national innovation system that needs strengthening: they complement … their customers’ innovative activities as well as transmit externally available knowledge to new firms. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010284898