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The power of individual-level drivers of inventive performance

Zwick, Thomas; Frosch, Katharina; Hoisl, Karin; … - 2015

Based on an established theoretical framework of the drivers of inventive performance, the so-called KSAO (Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Other) factors, this paper seeks to explain empirically the performance of inventors throughout their careers. We combine survey information spanning the...

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Does the mobility of R&D labor increase innovation?

Kaiser, Ulrich; Kongsted, Hans Christian; Rønde, Thomas - 2014 - This version: December 15, 2014

-level support for the notion that labor mobility stimulates overall innovation of a country or region due to knowledge transfer. …

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Measuring knowledge spillovers in manufacturing and services : an empirical assessment of alternative approaches

Kaiser, Ulrich - 1999

knowledge spillovers are unmeasurable, a 'goodness of fit' measure is constructed using innovation survey data. It turns out … measures constructed from innovation survey data appear to work reasonably well while measures of the Euclidean technological …

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Knowledge flows, R&D spillovers and innovation

Peri, Giovanni (contributor) - 2003

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Do spillovers stimulate incremental or drastic product innovations? : Hypotheses and evidence from German establishment data

Jirjahn, Uwe (contributor); Kraft, Kornelius (contributor) - 2006

We estimate the determinants of various types of product innovation. Knowledge spillovers from rivals have a positive … exert no such independent influence on drastic innovation activities. The results support the hypothesis that establishments …

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The knowledge production of 'R' and 'D'

Czarnitzki, Dirk (contributor); Kraft, Kornelius (contributor) - 2008

Many studies investigate the relationship between R&D expenditures as an input and patents as an intermediate product or output of a knowledge production function. We suggest that the productivity of research in patent production functions has been underestimated in the literature, as scholars...

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An empirical test of the asymmetric models on innovative activity : who invests more into R&D - the incumbent or the challenger?

Czarnitzki, Dirk; Kraft, Kornelius - 2000

The theoretical discussion concerning the question whether the incumbent or the (potential) entrant invests more into R&D has attracted considerable interest. This paper reports the results of an empirical study on this question using data of about 3500 German firms over the years 1992 to 1995....

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Patents as quality signals? : the implications for financing constraints on R&D

Czarnitzki, Dirk; Hall, Bronwyn H.; Hottenrott, Hanna - 2014

Information about the success of a new technology is usually held asymmetrically between the research and development (R&D)-performing firm and potential lenders and investors. This raises the cost of capital for financing R&D externally, resulting in financing constraints on R&D especially for...

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Protecting innovation through patents and trade secrets : determinants and performance impacts for firms with a single innovation

Crass, Dirk; Garcia-Valero, Francisco; Pitton, Francesco; … - 2016

innovation. While previous studies have often considered patents and trade secrets as substitutes for one another, we investigate … the complementary role of the two protection methods. We identify protection strategies for single innovation firms and … for the same innovation or for different innovations. Employing firm panel data from Germany, we find fairly few …

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The effect of institutional ownership on firm innovation : evidence from Chinese listed firms

Rong, Zhao; Wu, Xiaokai; Boeing, Philipp - 2017

Monitoring by institutional investors can act as an important mechanism to promote firm innovation. By investigating … innovation. Consistent with the monitoring view, we further find that (1) the effect of institutional investors on firm patenting … robust when innovation quality is examined. …

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