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Technological capabilities, technological dynamism and innovation offshoring

Schubert, Torben; Baier, Elisabeth; Rammer, Christian - 2016

In this paper we analyze the conditions under which firms decide to offshore innovation. We consider the role of internal technological capabilities and technological dynamism in the firm environment, distinguishing speed and uncertainty of technological change. Using unique data from the German...

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Measuring patent quality and national technological capacity in cross-country comparison

Boeing, Philipp; Müller, Elisabeth - 2016

China recently surpassed the USA as the greatest global source of patent applications. However, without internationally comparable measures of patent quality it remains questionable whether China's patent expansion constitutes the rise of a new technological superpower. Our novel quality index...

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China's R&D subsidies : allocation and effectiveness

Boeing, Philipp - 2014

This study investigates the allocation of China’s R&D subsidies and its effectiveness in stimulating firms’ own R&D investments for the population of Chinese listed firms throughout the time period 2001 to 2006. For allocation, we find that firm participation is determined by prior grants,...

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Innovationsaktivitäten von kmU im verarbeitenden Gewerbe : was zeichnet Imitatoren und originäre Innovatoren aus?

Zimmermann, Volker - 2003

This contribution is concerned with the spread of new products in small and medium-sized enterprises in the manufacturing sector. Based on an empirical study it is analyzed according to which factors planned product launches are either genuine market novelties or products that are new from the...

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R&D partnerships and innovation performance : can there be too much of a good thing?

Hottenrott, Hanna; Lopes Bento, Cindy - 2015

costs. Research therefore repeatedly stressed the positive relationship between collaborative R&D and innovation performance … market success of new products. While we can confirm previous findings in terms of gains for innovation performance, we also …

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The contribution of different public innovation funding programs to SMEs' export performance

Liu, Rebecca; Rammer, Christian - 2016

performance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). We evaluate the effectiveness of regional, national and European funding … a significant positive effect on SMEs' export performance. For funding programs run by regional authorities, we find …

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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 Chinese listed firms' patenting between 2002 and 2011, we find that the presence of institutional investors enhances firm innovation. Consistent with the monitoring view, we...

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Innovation budgeting over the business cycle and innovation performance

Hud, Martin; Rammer, Christian - 2015

innovation budgets during the most recent economic crisis on firms' post-crisis innovation performance. Based on firm-level panel …

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Good enough! : are socially responsible companies the more successful environmental innovators?

Reif, Christiane; Rexhäuser, Sascha - 2015

The link between Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities and financial performance of firms has been … strategies generates a higher financial performance than the application of one or none of the strategies. We analyse if … environmental innovators can generate higher financial performance by signalling their environmental engagement through CSR. For …

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Staging innovation projects : (when) does it pay off?

Andries, Petra; Hünermund, Paul - 2014

Building on real options literature, this study shows that the use of a staged approach for the management of innovation projects affects the innovation output of firms differently depending on firm characteristics and ambitions. In particular, while staged project management increases the...

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