We investigate the effects of the German codetermination law of 1976 on the innova-tiveness of a sample of German stock companies from the manufacturing industry. Information from 155 companies on the number of patents granted in the time period 1971-1990 is combined with other firm and industry...

Die Konzentration bzw. Streuung der Kapitalanteile variiert in deutschen Aktiengesellschaften erheblich. Die Literatur diskutiert seit langem, inwiefern Unterschiede der Streuung die Effizienz von Firmen beeinflussen. Wir untersuchen die Auswirkung der Streuung von Kapitalanteilen in Unternehmen...

Many observers regard the German system of codetermination as a very strong intervention into the working of the capital market. With the introduction of the codetermination law in 1976, employee representatives in limited lability companies with more than 2000 employees are entitled to occupy...

We estimate the effect of R&D spillovers on sales realized by products new to the firm (imitation) and new to the market (innovation). It turns out that spillovers from rivals lead to more imitation, while input from customers and research institutions enhance original innovation.

his paper discusses the incentives for innovation when liability is limited or not. Clearly innovative activity involves risk. On the one hand, the risk of firm owners is limited if their liability is limited. On the other hand, credits will be more difficult to receive if liability is limited....

In dieser Arbeit werden die verschiedenen Anreize für Manager zur Durchführung von Innovationsprojekten im Vergleich zu denjenigen von Unternehmenseignern untersucht. Für einen Manager bestehen gegenläufige Anreize Innovationen intensiver oder weniger intensiv zu verfolgen als Eigner....