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his paper discusses the incentives for innovation when liability is limited or not. Clearly innovative activity … Innovation Panel" of the Center for European Economic Research from the years 1995 and 1996. We use only small and medium sized …
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This paper examines the effect of the German co-determination law of 1976 (MitbestG) on the innovative activity of German firms. Co-determination applies to firms with 2000 employees or more. Data from 1971-1976 and 1981-1990 on 148 firms are used to compare the number of patents granted to...
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as reduced remuneration and job loss. However, managers might over-invest into innovation for reasons of growth implying … their own interests. When entrenched, managers do not fear detrimental effects of risky innovation projects on their career …, and hence tend to over-invest into innovation. …
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these predictions based on a unique dataset and survey for the German manufacturing sector (the Mannheim Innovation Panel …
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market (innovation). It turns out that spillovers from rivals lead to more imitation, while input from customers and research … institutions enhance original innovation. …
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market (innovation). It turns out that spillovers from rivals lead to more imitation, while inputs from customers and … research institutions enhance original innovation. …
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We investigate the effect of profit-sharing on product and process innovation. Profit-sharing is a credible commitment … that the introduction of profit-sharing only spurs product innovation. …
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innovation, i.e. weakly controlled managers show a higher innovation propensity. However, the higher the leverage the more …
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Knowledge spillovers to competitors are regarded as an important aspect of the innovation process. While a company …
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This paper discusses the incentives for innovation when liability is limited or not. Clearly innovative activity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097836