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Innovationsprozesse in der Medizintechnik in Deutschland
Plagens, Manfred - 2001
`s „industrial cluster model“ is used as the relevant analytical framework to deal with the complex intercourses of the different … between the medical device industry cluster, innovations and the German health care system. It is showed which impact … „innovation“, „cluster“ and „medical device industry“. In chapter 2 the German medical device industry is examined on its …
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Agroholdings and clusters in Kazakhstan's agro-food sector
Wandel, Jürgen - Leibniz-Institut für Agrarentwicklung in … - 2009
-food clusters. Refering to Hayek's concept of pretence of knowledge and empirical evidence of cluster facilitation policies of other … countries the success of the Kazakhstani cluster initiative is questioned. … Cluster-Initiative in Kasachstan in Frage gestellt. …
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Are the dimensions of private information more multiple than expected? Information asymmetries in the market of supplementary private health insurance in England
Karlsson, Martin; Klohn, Florian; Rickayzen, Ben - 2012
Our study reexamines standard econometric approaches for the detection of information asymmetries on insurance markets. We claim that evidence based on a standard framework with 2 equations, which uses potential sources of information asymmetries, should stress the importance of heterogeneity in...
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Halal Certification for Financial Products: A Transaction Cost Perspective
Hayat, Raphie; den Butter, Frank A.G.; Kock, Udo - 2011
Halal certification of financials product may reduce transaction costs for its buyers when it provides a trusted standard for investors that seek to comply with Islamic law. However, we show that in practice it takes considerable amounts of time (20 days ) and money (USD 122,000) to obtain a...
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Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions: The Role of Private Equity Firms
Humphery-Jenner, Mark; Sautner, Zacharias; Suchard, Jo-Ann - 2012
We study the role of private equity firms in cross-border mergers and acquisitions. We find that private equity-owned firms are more likely to become targets in crossborderM&A transactions. This effect is particularly strong in transactions where the target or its shareholders actively reach out...
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(Just) first time lucky? The impact of single versus multiple bank lending relationships on firms and banks' behavior
Barboni, Giorgia; Treibich, Tania - 2012
The widespread evidence of multiple bank lending relationships in credit markets suggests that firms are interested in setting up a diversity of banking links. However, it is hard to know from the empirical data whether a firm's observed number of lenders is symptomatic of financial constraints...
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Migration and Cross-Border Financial Flows
Kugler, Maurice; Levintal, Oren; Rapoport, Hillel - 2013
The gravity model has provided a tractable empirical framework to account for bilateral flows not only of manufactured goods, as in the case of merchandise trade, but also of financial flows. In particular, recent literature has emphasized the role of information costs in preventing larger...
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Insider Trading, Micro Diversity and the Long-Run Macro Efficiency
Antonov, Mikhail; Trofimov, Georgi - 1992
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Migration and cross-border financial flows
Kugler, Maurice; Levintal, Oren; Rapoport, Hillel - 2013
The gravity model has provided a tractable empirical framework to account for bilateral flows not only of manufactured goods, as in the case of merchandise trade, but also of financial flows. In particular, recent literature has emphasized the role of information costs in preventing larger...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335963
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The pecking order of innovation finance
Mina, Andrea; Lahr, Henry - 2018
This paper examines the relationship between firms' innovation activities and the hierarchy of financing behaviours. We analyse the role of innovation inputs (R&D), intermediate outputs (patents) and outcomes (product and process innovations) as sources of information asymmetry in financing...
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