Herbert Giersch hat die ökonomische Entwicklung Deutschlands - von der Nachkriegszeit bis ins 21. Jahrhundert - durchgehend begleitet und mitgestaltet: Als Präsident des einflussreichen Instituts für Weltwirtschaft in Kiel. Als Kommentator, der mit einer präzisen und eleganten Sprache die...

This paper aims to shed light on firm specific drivers that lead firms to internationalise their innovation activities. The paper draws a comprehensive picture of driving forces by including firm capabilities, characteristics of the firm’s competitive environment and the influence of...

The internationalisation of corporate R&D is an opportunity for firms to reach local knowledge and expertise which is distributed globally. Firms' innovation activities which are carried out abroad comprise either the localization of uniform products to local needs with locally available...

This paper studies the economic and political effects of a large trade shock in agriculture – the grain invasion from the Americas – in Prussia during the first globalisation (1871-1913). We show that this shock accelerated the structural change in the Prussian economy through migration of...