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Spatial Aspects of Interfirm Collaboration, an Exploration of Firm-Level Knowledge Dynamics
Vissers, Geert - 2015
The days of vertical integration are over. Product development, manufacturing, and other activities once done by single firms are now fields of collaboration. This raises questions about the spatial aspects of interfirm collaboration. Firms have partners in their direct environment, at a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013028397
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Communication and Knowledge in Six Western European Industrial Clusters
Biggiero, Lucio - 2013
territorial systems, like industrial clusters or districts, in the destination countries. Various forms of knowledge creation and … different types of knowledge, which occurs through different "vectors": people (entrepreneurs, managers, employees) and goods …. In order to well understand causes and effects of industrial relocation, the economic, technological and knowledge …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014216345
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Structural change revisited: The rise of manufacturing jobs in the service sector
Boddin, Dominik; Kroeger, Thilo - 2021
This paper reconsiders the labor market consequences of structural change over the past 43 years. Taking two different ways of defining manufacturing and service employment as point of departure - according to the industry classification of firms or establishments and according to the occupation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012658053
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More bits - more bucks? : measuring the impact of broadband internet on firm performance
Bertschek, Irene; Cerquera, Daniel; Klein, Gordon J. - 2011
The paper provides empirical evidence for the causal impact of broadband Internet on the economic performance of German firms. Performance is measured in terms of labour productivity and realised process and product innovations. The analysis refers to the early phase of DSL expansion in Germany...
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ICT and global sourcing : evidence for German manufacturing and service firms
Rasel, Fabienne - 2015
This paper analyses the relevance of information and communication technologies (ICT) for firms' probability of global …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011418739
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More bits - more bucks? : measuring the impact of broadband internet on firm performance
Bertschek, Irene; Cerquera, Daniel; Klein, Gordon J. - 2013
The paper provides empirical evidence for the causal impact of broadband Internet on firms' labour productivity and realised process and product innovations. The analysis refers to the early phase of DSL expansion in Germany from 2001 to 2003, when roughly 60 percent of the German firms already...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009711854
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Gewinnentwicklung und Betriebsaufgabe in der Landwirtschaft: Angebotseffekte, Nachfrageeffekte und regionale Heterogenität
Margarian, Anne - 2010
Das Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit besteht in der Bestimmung der Betriebsaufgabewahrscheinlichkeit verschiedener Betriebstypen im Westen Deutschlands in Abhängigkeit von Gewinnniveau und Gewinnentwicklung. Dabei wird davon ausgegangen, dass die Reaktion der Betriebe auch von der erwarteten...
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IT outsourcing: a source of innovation? : microeconometric evidence for Germany
Bertschek, Irene; Erdsiek, Daniel - 2012
Do firms sourcing out IT services redirect their resources to innovation activity? We attempt to answer this question by analysing a firm-level data set comprising 1453 firms from the German manufacturing and services sectors. Using different measures of IT outsourcing (ITO), the econometric...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009686729
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Offshoring and ICT : evidence for German manufacturing and service firms
Rasel, Fabienne - 2012
. -- Offshoring ; information and communication technologies ; firm-level analysis …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009686736
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Offshoring and ICT – Evidence for German Manufacturing and Service Firms
Rasel, Fabienne - 2013
In this paper, I analyse the relationship between offshoring and ICT at the firm level differentiating between manufacturing and services. Using firm-level data from the manufacturing and service sector in Germany and a broad range of ICT measures, overall, the results reveal a positive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013088774