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Creative Destruction and Productive Preemption
Norbäck, Pehr-Johan; Persson, Lars; Svensson, Roger - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
We develop a theory of innovation for entry and sale into oligopoly, and show that an invention of higher quality is more likely to be sold (or licensed) to an incumbent due to strategic product market effects on the sales price. Preemptive acquisitions by incumbents are shown to stimulate the...
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The Organization of the Innovation Industry: Entrepreneurs, Venture Capitalists and Oligopolists
Norbäck, Pehr-Johan; Persson, Lars - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
Exit of venture-backed firms often takes place through sales to large incumbent firms. We show that in such an environment, venture-backed firms have a stronger incentive to develop basic innovations into commercialized innovations than incumbent firms, due to strategic product market effects....
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The new empirical economics of management
Bloom, Nicholas; Lemos, Renata; Sadun, Raffaella; Scur, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
Over the last decade the World Management Survey (WMS) has collected firm-level management practices data across multiple sectors and countries. We developed the survey to try to explain the large and persistent TFP differences across firms and countries. This review paper discusses what has...
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Innovationspolitik für den Mittelstand hat sich bewährt
Belitz, Heike; Eickelpasch, Alexander; Lejpras, Anna - In: DIW Wochenbericht 79 (2012) 49, pp. 3-11
The innovation policy of the German government and Länder provides small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with a wide range of programs to promote their R & D and focuses, in particular, on the transfer of knowledge. In recent years, the programs have been streamlined and funding...
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Innovationsfinanzierung im Mittelstand: Zugang zu Krediten erleichtern!
Belitz, Heike; Lejpras, Anna - In: DIW Wochenbericht 79 (2012) 49, pp. 20-27
Many small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are unable to finance research and development (R & D) using only their internal resources. However, they have limited access to external financing loans for high-risk R & D projects. Therefore, funding programs initiated by the German government,...
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Innovationsfinanzierung im Mittelstand: Zugang zu Krediten erleichtern!
Belitz, Heike; Lejpras, Anna - In: DIW Wochenbericht 79 (2012) 49, pp. 20-27
Viele kleine und mittlere Unternehmen (KMU) können Forschung und Entwicklung (FuE) nicht allein aus Eigenmitteln finanzieren. Die Fremdfinanzierung risikoreicher FuE-Projekte mit Krediten ist ihnen aber auch nur begrenzt möglich. Die Förderprogramme des Bundes, der Länder und der EU sind...
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Innovationspolitik für den Mittelstand hat sich bewährt
Belitz, Heike; Eickelpasch, Alexander; Lejpras, Anna - In: DIW Wochenbericht 79 (2012) 49, pp. 3-11
Die Innovationspolitik des Bundes und der Länder bietet dem Mittelstand ein breites Spektrum an Programmen zur Stärkung von Forschung und Entwicklung der kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen und ist besonders auf den Wissenstransfer ausgerichtet. In den letzten Jahren wurden die Programme...
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Fiscal Policy, Labour Unions and Monetary Institutions: Their Long Run Impact on Unemployment, Inflation and Welfare
Cukierman, Alex; Dalmazzo, Alberto - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
OBJECTIVES AND MOTIVATION: This paper considers the impact of interactions between fiscal policy and monetary institutions in the presence of unionized labour markets on economic outcomes and welfare in the long run. Two main classes of questions are investigated. First, what is the impact of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124139
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Fiscal-Monetary Policy Interactions in the Presence of Unionized Labour Markets
Cukierman, Alex; Dalmazzo, Alberto - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
market institutions and monetary policy-making institutions on economic performance in the presence of strategic interactions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124224
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Herding cats? Management and university performance
McCormack, John; Propper, Carol; Smith, Sarah L. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
Using a tried and tested measure of management practices which has been shown to predict firm performance, we survey … incentives for staff recruitment, retention and promotion, are correlated with both teaching and research performance conditional … on resources and past performance. Moreover, this relationship holds for all universities, not just research …
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