innovation activities in Germany from various sectors. We find that foreign-controlled firms are not challenged by liability of …The innovation activities of foreign subsidiaries have been identified as an important source of competitive advantage … foreignness). We derive potential stumbling blocks in the innovation process theoretically and argue that these materialize as …

This study is concerned with the econometric analysis of innovation activities in Germany. Using microeconometric … introduction into the economics of innovation and a discussion of econometric issues such as self selection and endogeneity, the … innovation process. In the third part the book analyzes whether technological and organizational changes are skill biased in …

with persistent spatial heterogeneity in Germany. Using a pooled count data model, we estimate the effect of various …