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Governance, firm size and innovative capacity : regional empirical evidence for Germany ; conference paper
Berlemann, Michael; Jahn, Vera - 2014
Successful innovation is a precondition for economic prosperity. While various potential determinants of innovative …
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In-house R&D and external knowledge acquisition : what makes Chinese firms productive? ; conference paper
Boeing, Philipp; Müller, Elisabeth; Sandner, Philipp - 2013
This paper analyses the influence of in-house R&D and external knowledge acquisition on the total factor productivity (TFP) of listed Chinese firms for the time period 2001-2010. We find a quantitatively important positive effect of in-house R&D. The achieved level of technological...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010337198
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Industrienahe Forschungs- und Technologiepolitik der chinesischen Regierung : Studie im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft und Technologie
Nerb, Gernot; Reinhard, Michael; Schmidkonz, Christian; … - 2007
Nachdem die chinesische Volkswirtschaft im Verlauf der 1990er Jahre zur Werkbank der Welt” aufgestiegen war, ist angesichts massiv ausgeweiteter F&E Budgets in den letzten Jahren die Frage aufgekommen, inwiefern China in naher Zukunft nicht auch zur Wissensfabrik der Welt aufsteigen könnte....
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Firm R&D, innovation, and productivity in German industry
Peters, Bettina; Roberts, Mark J.; Vuong, Van Anh; … - 2013 - Preliminary Draft
This paper investigates empirically firm investment behavior in research and development (R&D). Firms make investments in R&D in order to produce innovations. These innovations in turn improve the firm's future productivity level, pro tability and incentives to invest in R&D. Using German...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010342836
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The Palgrave Handbook of Service Management
Edvardsson, Bo (ed.); Tronvoll, Bård (ed.) - 2022
study -- Chapter 12: How contemporary scholarship addresses service management practices -- Chapter 13: Contract Innovation …: Transformative Service Research: Where We Are and Moving Forward at the Collective Level -- Part 4: Service Design and Innovation …: Service Design - Innovation for Complex Systems -- Chapter 26: The multiple identities of service design in organizations and …
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Ma Theory and the Creative Management of Innovation
Kodama, Mitsuru (ed.) - 2017
the Ma concept in new innovation activities lies in the thinking and activities of the leading practitioners. However …;#x9D; and Innovation Management""; ""1.1 Ma Thinking: What Is â#x80;#x9C;Ma?â#x80;#x9D;""; ""1.2 Examples of Ma in … Innovation in Global High Tech Companies: The Lessons of Business Model Innovation in Apple and Cisco Systems""; ""3.1 Ma …
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Empirical welfare analysis with preference heterogeneity : conference paper
Decoster, André; Haan, Peter - 2013
We apply recently proposed individual welfare measures in the context of preference heterogeneity, derived from structural labour supply models. Contrary to the standard practice of using reference preferences and wages, these measures preserve preference heterogeneity in the normative step of...
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Optimal unemployment insurance and welfare benefits in a life-cycle model of family labor supply and savings : conference paper
Prowse, Victoria; Haan, Peter - 2014 - Preliminary version
We specify and estimate a dynamic structural life-cycle model of labor supply, retirement and savings decisions of single-adult and couple households. Drawing on our model, we study the interplay between family labor supply and public insurance mechanisms. By including family labor supply, we...
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Do public investments increase employment in a recession? : evidence from Germany ; conference paper
Buchheim, Lukas; Watzinger, Martin - 2013
In 2009, Germany invested 15.4 Billion Euro in infrastructure to avert the looming recession. In this study, we evaluate whether the German stimulus program was successful in limiting the impact of the crisis on the job market. We exploit exogenous cross-sectional variation to identify the...
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Is there a gender gap in preferences for public spending? : evidence from Germany ; conference paper
Haußen, Tina - 2014
In several empirical contributions researchers have found a gender gap in preferences for public spending. This paper analyzes the persistence of these gender gaps when income differences between individuals are taken into consideration. Using survey data from the years 1996 and 2006 of German...
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