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Innovationsaktivitäten von kmU im verarbeitenden Gewerbe: Was zeichnet Imitatoren und originäre Innovatoren aus?
Zimmermann, Volker - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2003
the innovation process. Markets with high competition also force enterprises to produce imitative innovations but give …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098257
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The Impact of Innovation on Employment in Small and Medium Enterprises with Different Growth Rates
Zimmermann, Volker - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2008
This article examines the impact of innovation on employment growth in innovating small and medium enterprises using a … quantile regression approach. The key findings are that innovation has a positive effect on employment in both growing and … shrinking firms. The impact of innovation on employee headcounts is much stronger in companies that are already experiencing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098347
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The importance of equity finance for R&D activity: are there differences between young and oldcompanies?
Mueller, Elisabeth; Zimmermann, Volker - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2008
This paper analyzes the importance of equity finance for the R&D activity of small and medium-sized enterprises. We use information on almost 6000 German SMEs from a company survey. Using the intensity of banking competition at the district level as instrument to control for endogeneity, we find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008469765
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The Importance of Equity Finance for R&D Activity: Are There Differences Between Young and OldCompanies?
Mueller, Elisabeth; Zimmermann, Volker - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2006
This paper analyzes the importance of equity finance for the R&D activity of small and medium-sized enterprises. We use information on almost 6000 German SMEs from a company survey. Using the intensity of banking competition at the district level as instrument to control for endogeneity, we find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097918
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The Importance of Equity Finance for R&D Activity: Are There Differences Between Young and OldCompanies?
Zimmermann, Volker; Mueller, Elisabeth - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2007
This paper analyzes the importance of equity finance for the R&D activity of small and medium-sized enterprises. We use information on almost 6000 German SMEs from a company survey. Using the intensity of banking competition at the district level as instrument to control for endogeneity, we find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098388