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Costs and benefits of inter-departmental innovation collaboration
Cuijpers, Maarten; Guenter, Hannes; Hussinger, Katrin - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2011
Inter-departmental innovation collaboration facilitates innovation performance. At the same time, it has been … manufacturing firms we show inter-departmental innovation collaboration to increase process innovation performance, but also to … tests hypotheses on the costs and benefits of innovation-related collaboration within firms. Based on a sample of 433 German …
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Small firm innovation performance and employee involvement
Andries, Petra; Czarnitzki, Dirk - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2012
CEOs, managers and non-managerial employees' ideas enhances small firms' innovation performance. A Heckman selection model … innovation performance. However, contributions depend heavily on the individuals' area of expertise and on whether product or …
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Empirical determinants of employee resistance against innovations
Zwick, Thomas - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2000
innovation is an increase in employee performance, the firm experiences higher resistance, while resistance is lower in firms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098384
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The design paradox: the contribution of in-house and external design activities on product market performance
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Thorwarth, Susanne - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2009
This paper explores the contribution of design activities on product market performance of Belgian companies. While …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008479051
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Capital Control, Debt Financing and Innovative Activity
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Kraft, Kornelius - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2004
The present paper first discusses theoretically the different incentives of manager- versus owner-controlled firms for investment into innovative activity. In addition, the role of debt financing is analyzed. Subsequently the results from an empirical study on the determinants of innovative...
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On the Profitability of Innovative Assets
Kraft, Kornelius; Czarnitzki, Dirk - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2004
Successful innovative activity is a major contribution to the intangible capital of firms. Although its importance is generally acknowledged, the contribution to companies? profits is a priori unclear. We present the results of an empirical study on the effects of the patent stock on...
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The metal resources (METRO) model: A dynamic partial equilibrium model for metal markets applied to rare earth elements
Pothen, Frank - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013
This paper presents the METal ResOurces (METRO) model, a partial equilibrium model tailored for metal markets. It allows for a disaggregated representation of the mining sector and endogenous investment in extractive capacities. It can be calibrated to a large number of metal markets. Rare Earth...
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Dynamic market power in an exhaustible resource industry: The case of rare earth elements
Pothen, Frank - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014
This paper investigates China's capability to exert power on Rare Earth markets until 2020. A dynamic partial equilibrium model allowing for a disaggregated representation of the mining sector and endogenous investment in capacities is developed. The model is calibrated on a novel dataset on...
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Active owners and the failure of newly adopted works councils
Jirjahn, Uwe; Mohrenweiser, Jens - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013
Using representative data from the IAB Establishment Panel, we show that employees in establishments with active owners are less likely to introduce a works council. Moreover, we show that, in case of an introduction, the new works council is less likely to survive if active owners are present....
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Erfolgreiche Forschung und Entwicklung nach Unternehmensakquisitionen: Eine empirische Untersuchung der Post Merger Integrationsprozesse
Grimpe, Christoph - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2005
beeinträchtigt eine allzu technologiegetriebene Integration den ökonomischen Erfolg der Integration erheblich. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097726