Auf regionaler Ebene existiert in Deutschland ein enger Wirkungszusammenhang von FuE-Aufwendungen über MINT-intensive Beschäftigungsstrukturen bis hin zu Patenterfolgen. Bei sämtlichen Indikatoren der Innovationskraft herrschen jeweils ein starkes Süd-Nord-, West-Ost- sowie...

It has become clear that over the past few decades enterprises not only produce and sell abroad but increasingly also develop goods and services outside their home countries; a development now known as the internationalisation of business R&D. This book presents a comprehensive picture of the...

The theoretical discussion concerning the question whether the incumbent or the (potential) entrant invests more into R&D has attracted considerable interest. This paper reports the results of an empirical study on this question using data of about 3500 German firms over the years 1992 to 1995....

This paper derives a three stage Cournot duopoly game for research collaboration, research expenditures and product market competition. The amount of knowledge firms can absorb is made dependent on their own research efforts, e.g. firms' absorptive capacity is treated as an endogenous variable....