Knowledge spillovers to competitors are regarded as an important aspect of the innovation process. While a company possibly benefits from incoming information on successful R&D conducted by other companies, a generally high probability of leakage of knowledge in an industry will negatively...

In the paper, the sources of productivity growth are investigated by an empirical analysis with micro data for West-German manufacturing firms. The theoretical framework corresponds to an augmented growth accounting approach based on a production function. The empirical results reveal that...

In den letzten beiden Jahrzehnten haben die unternehmensnahenDienstleistungen beträchtlich anBedeutung gewonnen. Die Studie soll Anhaltspunkteüber sich herausbildende Strukturen und Muster diesesdynamischen Sektors liefern. Dazu werden dieGründungsaktivitäten im Dienstleistungsbereich...

Die Erstellung von Multimedia-Dienstleistungen undProdukten gehört zu den dynamisch wachsendenWirtschaftstätigkeiten in Baden-Württemberg. Mitder hohen Entwicklungsdynamik geht allerdings einMangel an zuverlässigen Informationen über dieBranchenstrukturen einher. Ziel des Projekts war...

Unternehmensgründungen unter hoher Unsicherheit: Zum Problem der Erschließung neuer Technologiefelder und Wirtschaftszweige

The notion that good corporate governance means maximizing shareholder value derives from the neoclassical theory of the market economy. I explain why this perspective is highly problematic for understanding the operation and performance of the business corporation and hence the institutions...

The effect of foreign-owned companies on entrepreneurial survival in the Finnish business sector is analyzed by using a new, exceptionally rich linked data on employees, entrepreneurs and their companies. Our new indicator of foreign presence, based on the observed spatial scopes of the local...

The survey assessed senior managers' views of and experiences with the innovation-to-cash process.