Purpose - The hypothesis of the paper is that domestic value added created by exports in Croatia could be increased by investments in green economy. Methodology - In the developed economies only specific products, processes and functions that outperform emerging economies in Global Value Chains...

In Deutschland lag der Anteil auslandskontrollierter Unternehmen an den privaten Investitionen für Forschung und Entwicklung (FuE) seit dem Beginn des Jahrtausends bis 2011 nahezu unverändert bei etwa einem Viertel. In den Jahren 2011 bis 2013 ist dieser Anteil leicht gesunken. Der Zuwachs in...

More than one in four patents that major German companies apply for is based on inventions from their research laboratories abroad. In three quarters of the cases, the companies have focused on technologies in which they are very strong at home. Therefore, to a great extent the technological...

Mehr als jedes vierte Patent, das große deutsche Unternehmen anmelden, basiert auf Erfindungen in deren Forschungslaboren im Ausland. In drei Viertel der Fälle konzentrieren sich die Unternehmen dabei auf Technologien, in denen sie auch in Deutschland besonders stark sind. Die technologische...

Deutsche Unternehmen haben in den letzten Jahren verstärkt im Ausland in Forschung und Entwicklung (FuE) investiert. Damit stieg der Auslandsanteil nach längerer Stagnation auf fast 35 Prozent, während gleichzeitig ihre FuE-Ausgaben auch in Deutschland weiter kräftig zunahmen. Der Zuwachs im...

In recent years, German companies have invested more in research and development (R&D) abroad. After a prolonged plateau period, the proportion of investment abroad rose to around 35 percent; concurrently R&D expenditure in Germany has continued to rise sharply. Growth abroad did not occur at...

This article analyzes the horizontal productivity spillover effects of foreign ownership on Turkish firms that are among the top 500 industrial enterprises in Turkey. Using a panel of 215 firms over the period 2004-2008, we find that domestic firms benefit from productivity spillovers from...

Purpose: Our study aims to investigate the technological spillover effects of Foreign Direct Investment flows to Eastern European Countries. This study has guided by new growth theories arguing that Foreign Direct Investment has a significant potential for improving the productivity growth rate...

In a modern economy, the investment in human capital by firms is crucial to foster technological adoption and foster productivity growth. This paper analyzes the correlation between firm size and the investment in job training by employers. Using a large firm level data set across 99 developing...

Efficiency is an important consideration for those who manage public services. Costs vary with output and with a variety of other factors. In the case of higher education, for example, factors include quality, student demographics, the scale and scope of the higher education provider, and the...