Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 1,619
Cover Image
Knowledge networks in the German bioeconomy : network structure of publicly funded R&D networks
Bogner, Kristina - 2019
for the diffusion of mere techno-economic knowledge. It is questionable whether the artificially generated network …Aiming at fostering the transition towards a sustainable knowledge-based Bioeconomy (SKBBE), the German Federal …. To analyse whether this policy intervention actually fosters cooperation and knowledge transfer as intended, researchers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011991723
Cover Image
How do industries and firms respond to changes in local labor supply?
Dustmann, Christian; Glitz, Albrecht - 2011
In this paper, we investigate how changes in the skill mix of local labor supply are absorbed by the economy. We distinguish between three adjustment mechanisms: through factor prices, through an expansion in the size of those production units that use the more abundant skill group more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009524993
Cover Image
Co-determination and innovation
Kraft, Kornelius; Stank, Jörg; Dewenter, Ralf - 2009
This paper examines the effect of the German co-determination law of 1976 (MitbestG) on the innovative activity of German firms. Co-determination applies to firms with 2000 employees or more. Data from 1971-1976 and 1981-1990 on 148 firms are used to compare the number of patents granted to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009517154
Cover Image
Flexible work systems and the structure of wages : evidence from matched employer-employee data
Bauer, Thomas K.; Bender, Stefan - 2001 - revised: July 2002
A growing literature is concerned with the effects of flexible workplace systems or High Performance Work Organizations (HPWOs) on wages. This paper makes use of a new employer-employee-linked panel data set for Germany to examine the effects of adopting HPWOs on wages as well as on the wage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011403441
Cover Image
How Do Industries and Firms Respond to Changes in Local Labor Supply?
Dustmann, Christian - 2012
In this paper, we investigate how changes in the skill mix of local labor supply are absorbed by the economy. We distinguish between three adjustment mechanisms: through factor prices, through an expansion in the size of those production units that use the more abundant skill group more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013112767
Cover Image
Co-Determination and Innovation
Kraft, Kornelius - 2009
This paper examines the effect of the German co-determination law of 1976 (MitbestG) on the innovative activity of German firms. Co-determination applies to firms with 2000 employees or more. Data from 1971-1976 and 1981-1990 on 148 firms are used to compare the number of patents granted to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013155322
Cover Image
The Effects of Internet Use on Productivity and Growth at the Firm Level
Mun, Sung-Bae - 2015
The internet is profoundly transforming every aspect of production and business processes. Firms now employ various applications of the internet for the purpose of marketing, supply-chain management, human resources management, and etc. Consequently, the use of internet can provide firms with an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013025903
Cover Image
Obstacles to Innovation and External Sourcing of Knowledge : Evidence for German and Spanish Firms
Gómez, Estefanía - 2018
out their innovation activities and their decisions about external sourcing of knowledge through the outsourcing of R&D or … activities are also more likely to engage in external sourcing of knowledge. This relationship seems to be especially strong in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012916095
Cover Image
Local Innovation Systems and Benchmarking
Cantner, Uwe (contributor) - 2008
knowledge production function relating innovation inputs and innovation outputs. In analyses on the regional level and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003724181
Cover Image
Experience-based know-how, learning and innovation in German SMEs : an explorative analysis of the role of know-how in different modes of innovation
Alhusen, Harm - 2020
knowledge, know-how and know-who for the DUI mode of innovation whereas the STI mode of innovation is said to rely on codified … knowledge, know-what and know-why. Based upon 81 in-depth interviews with German SMEs and regional innovation consultants, this …: product innovation, business process innovation & organizational routines and customer knowledge. However, the acquisition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012287793