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Small Firm Innovation Performance and Employee Involvement
Andries, Petra - 2013
It is known that small firms rely mainly on the CEO's individual knowledge for developing innovations. Recent work suggests that this approach is inefficient since it underutilizes other employees' knowledge. We study to which extent using CEOs, managers and non-managerial employees' ideas...
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Innovation Success of Non-R&D-Performers : Substituting Technology by Management in SMEs
Rammer, Christian; Czarnitzki, Dirk; Spielkamp, Alfred - 2015
and medium-sized firms (SMEs). While there is little doubt about the significance of technology competence for generating … successful innovations, inhouse R&D activities may be a particular challenge for SMEs due to high risk exposure, high fixed costs …, high minimum investment and severe financial constraints. SMEs may thus opt for refraining from R&D and relying more on …
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The Importance of Equity Finance for R&D Activity - are There Differences between Young and Old Companies?
Müller, Elisabeth - 2014
use information on almost 6000 German SMEs from a company survey. Using the intensity of banking competition at the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012709829
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R&D Investment and Financing Constraints of Small and Medium-Sized Firms
Hottenrott, Hanna - 2013
This study tests for financial constraints on Ramp;D investment and how they differ from capital investment. To identify constraints in the access to external capital, we employ a credit rating index. Our models show that internal constraints, measured by mark-ups, are more decisive for Ramp;D...
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The Distinct Features of Hidden Champions in Germany : A Dynamic Capabilities View
Rammer, Christian - 2019
Hidden Champions (HCs) are firms unknown to the wider public, but global leaders in the niche markets they serve. This paper looks at distinctive features of these firms, focusing on their dynamic capabilities. Employing a unique data base on German firms, we identify a representative sample of...
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Drivers and Effects of Internationalising Innovation by SMEs
Rammer, Christian; Schmiele, Anja - 2008
This paper investigates the drivers and the effects of the internationalisation of innovation activities in SMEs based … important for international innovation activities of SMEs. Fierce home market competition turns out to be rather an obstacle …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014216008
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Do Spillovers Stimulate Incremental or Drastic Product Innovations? Hypotheses and Evidence from German Establishment Data
Kraft, Kornelius; Jirjahn, Uwe - 2014
We estimate the determinants of various types of product innovation. Knowledge spillovers from rivals have a positive impact on incremental innovations. This impact is largely independent of the participation in R&D cooperations. Spillovers exert no such independent influence on drastic...
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The Creative Class, Bohemians and Local Labor Market Performance - A Micro-Data Panel Study for Germany 1975-2004
Moeller, Joachim - 2009
The paper aims at testing Florida's concept of the Creative Class using panel data for 323 West German regions for the time period 1975-2004. Applying a dynamic system approach based on GMM, we find that the local concentration of the Creative Class has predictive power for the economic...
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The Impact of Innovation on Employment in Small and Medium Enterprises with Different Growth Rates
Zimmermann, Volker - 2014
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012708342
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Stepping in and Out of the International Market : Internationalisation of Technology-Oriented Firms in Germany and the UK
Fryges, Helmut - 2015
For small high-tech firms international orientation is regarded as crucial for growth and long-term survival. Even newly founded technology based firms (NTBFs) are often internationally active shortly after their inception ("born globals"). However, in order to create jobs and have a sustainable...
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