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Firm formation and regional spillovers: evidence from Germany
Harhoff, Dietmar - 1995
This paper studies the effect of regional spillovers on the rate of firm formation in two major West German industries for the time period from 1989 to 1993. I exploit regional variations in firm formation at the county level to identify the effects of historically given industry structure and...
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Innovation stärkt Auslandsaktivitäten kleiner und mittlerer Unternehmen
Lejpras, Anna - In: DIW Wochenbericht 77 (2010) 7, pp. 12-19
In den vergangenen Jahrzehnten hat die Internationalisierung von kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen, insbesondere im verarbeitenden Gewerbe, stark zugenommen. Über die Auslandsaktivitäten des Mittelstandes ist jedoch - anders als bei großen, multinationalen Unternehmen - bislang wenig bekannt....
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Determinants of internationalization: differences between service and manufacturing SMEs
Lejpras, Anna - 2009
This paper empirically investigates the antecedents of internationalization of SMEs, focusing on differences between the manufacturing and service sectors. Specifically, employing a bivariate probit model based on survey data of approximately 3,900 East German firms, I analyze which firm-related...
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Hard and soft locational factors, innovativeness and firm performance: an empirical test of Porter's Diamond model at the micro-level
Eickelpasch, Alexander; Lejpras, Anna; Stephan, Andreas - 2007
This paper investigates predictions of Porter's Diamond model regarding the impact of locational factors on innovativeness and performance at the firm level. We formulate a structural equation model based on the relationships between locational conditions, e.g., transportation infrastructure,...
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Knowledge, location, and internationalization: Empirical evidence for manufacturing SMEs
Lejpras, Anna - 2012
regional innovation systems. …
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Investment in ICT: Determinants and Economic Implications
Fabritz, Nadine - 2015
Department for Human Capital and Innovation. It was completed in June 2014 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of …
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The Legacies of the Soviet Influence in the 1950s: China's 156 Major Industrial Projects
Jin, Zhangfeng - 2021
This paper investigates whether and how China's adoption of Soviet-aided industrialization programs in the 1950s has … affected its long-run innovation. Focusing on 156 major industrial projects aided by the Soviet Union, combined with an … programs for long-run innovation due to firms adopting incentive-incompatible management technology. …
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Economic development potential through IP telephony for Namibia
Aochamub, Albertus; Motinga, Daniel; Stork, Christoph - 2002
The aim of this study is to evaluate the economic development potential for Namibia through IP telephony. First, background information on the telecommunication sector in Namibia is given. Then, the link between the ICT sector and GDP growth is being investigated. Granger causality tests...
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The Swedish ICT miracle: Myth or reality
Edquist, Harald - 2004
This paper investigates the relative labor productivity level for total manufacturing in Germany, Sweden and the US for the period 1980-2001. The paper also presents estimates of labor productivity levels for 18 different manufacturing industries for the period 1993-2000. The results show that...
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Benchmarking in the Context of National Innovation Systems: Purpose and Pitfalls
Balzat, Markus - 2003
Recent contributions to the literature of national innovation systems (NIS) reflect growing research interests in cross …-country comparisons, in particular so in performance comparisons across national innovation systems. Although such comparisons differ … to discuss the usefulness of benchmarking studies carried out within the framework of national innovation systems (NIS …
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