Zur Erstellung maßgeschneiderter Dienstleistungen ist die Mitwirkung des Kunden (Kundenintegration) unerlässlich. Dem Management von Kundenintegration auf Anbieterseite wird jedoch in der Praxis zu wenig Bedeutung beigemessen. Sie hat aber fundmentalen Einfluss auf die Effizienz und...

Using micro-level panel data of about 35,000 firms from the German Cost Structure Census, we analyze the differences of technical efficiency across industries. Technical efficiency is estimated by firms fixed effects. One striking result is that the distribution of technical efficiency across...

We investigate whether the supply of Venture Capital (VC) in Germany is driven by spatial influences. The study is based on information from more than 300 VC investments made in Germany in the year 2004 and 2005. We find evidence that the geographical distance between a VC company and the...

The paper provides an outline of the concept of regional growth regimes and empirically illustrates the relevance of the concept. The empirical examples are entrepreneurship, entry and the performance of new businesses in East and West Germany. The differences of the factors determining the...

Obwohl wenige große Unternehmen Ein-Produkt Organisationen sind, widmet die wissenschaftliche Forschung dem Management von Mehr-Produkt Portfolien erstaunlich wenig Aufmerksamkeit. Trotz einer Vielzahl von Arbeiten im Umfeld der Diversifikations- und M&A-Forschung wird dem Corporate Portfolio...

While International Joint Ventures (IJVs) are a well acknowledged and frequently implemented organizational mode, especially with regard to international market entry strategies, they are also prone to conflicts of interests, inefficiencies, and unintended termination. Accordingly, past research...

Based on a largely unbiased sample of 1800 German manufacturing enterprises we analyze the propensity to maintain different forms of R&D cooperation with customers, suppliers, competitors and public research institutions. We find a relatively stable set of characteristics of those enterprises...

The globalization process is forcing businesses to rethink their strategies. Intercultural communication, skills assume an ever larger role in global marketing and sale strategies. Consequently, language programs need to respond to these changes. Future business managers must acquire effective...

This paper investigates R&D cooperation of manufacturing establishments in three German regions. We find that cooperation is a widespread phenomenon and examine the characteristics of those establishments that maintain certain kinds of cooperative relationships.