Belitz, Heike; Schiersch, Alexander - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 8 (2018) 46/47, pp. 475-482
Companies invest in research and development (R&D) to safeguard their competitive ability and increase productivity. Using extensive company data for Germany, the study shows that manufacturing companies that engage in R&D activities and that are located in a central urban agglomeration are...