R&D expenditures of firms varies vastly between and within industries. In recent years a lot of theoretical and empirical studies attempted to explain the distribution of R&D expenditures. Four main factors repeatedly appeared in this literature: Firm size, market power, appropriability and...

Dieser Beitrag untersucht die Innovationsstrategien und Forschungs- und Entwicklungsaktivitäten (FuE) ostdeutscher Unternehmen sowie mögliche Innovationsdefizite in diesem Zusammenhang. Als Hinweis auf die zu geringen Innovationsaktivitäten ostdeutscher Unternehmen werden häufig die...

This paper deals with the innovation behavior and the R&D activities at the firm level in East Germany. The theoretical and empirical analyses lead to the conclusion that the relatively low level of the R&D intensity in East Germany is a reflex of the relatively weak economy, especially the...