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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 … results suggest that public innovation programs should challenge SMEs to go for more ambitious innovations in order to …

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Drivers and Effects of Internationalising Innovation by SMEs

Schmiele, Anja; Rammer, Christian - 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 …

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Innovation Success of Non-R&D-Performers: Substituting Technology by Management in SMEs

Spielkamp, Alfred; Czarnitzki, Dirk; Rammer, Christian - 2008

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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Drivers and Effects of Internationalising Innovation by SMEs

Rammer, Christian; Schmiele, Anja - 2008

This paper investigates the drivers and effects of the internationalisation of innovation activities in SMEs based on a … important for international innovation activities of SMEs. Fierce home market competition turns out to be rather an obstacle …

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Innovation als Erfolgsfaktor der deutschen Industrie? Der Beitrag von Produkt- und Prozessinnovationen zu Beschäftigung und Exporten

Rammer, Christian; Peters, Bettina - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 84 (2015) 1, pp. 13-36

Dieser Beitrag untersucht die Bedeutung von Innovationen für die Beschäftigungsentwicklung und die Exporttätigkeit der deutschen Industrie seit Anfang der 2000er Jahre. Auf Basis der Ergebnisse der Innovationserhebungen der Europäischen Kommission (Community Innovation Surveys) wird gezeigt,...

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Innovation, competition and incentives for R&D

Wörter, Martin; Rammer, Christian; Arvanitis, Spyros - 2010

This paper analyses the relationship between past innovation output, competition, and future innovation input in a dynamic econometric setting. We distinguish two dimensions of competition that correspond to the concepts of product substitutability and entry barriers due to fixed costs. Based on...

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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

This paper tests a number of hypotheses on the use and effectiveness of patents and trade secrets designed to protect 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...

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Microgeography of innovation in the city: Location patterns of innovative firms in Berlin

Rammer, Christian; Kinne, Jan; Blind, Knut - 2016

This paper investigates the micro-location pattern of innovative and non-innovative firms in Berlin using detailed information on the firms' addresses and their local environment. The study employs a unique, representative panel data set of Berlin-based firms from manufacturing and services...

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Geographical clustering and the effectiveness of public innovation programs

Crass, Dirk; Rammer, Christian; Aschhoff, Birgit - 2016

German program that co-funds R&D projects of SMEs in key technology areas called 'Innovative SMEs'. We employ three …

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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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