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Integration and Reorganisation of Industrial R&D: Deficits and Perspectives of Empirical Research
Grimpe, Christoph - 2005
The combination of research and development units following a merger or an acquisition usually requires a broad and widespread integration project to ensure that a company?s innovative capabilities are carried forward into the future. Previous research has shown, however, that the combined...
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Industrial research versus development investment: the implications of financial constraints
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Hottenrott, Hanna; Thorwarth, Susanne - 2009
Previous literature provided evidence on financing constraints for investment in R&D activities due to capital market imperfections and special features of R&D investments. Moreover, it has been shown that a shift in capital structure towards more debt, results in a reduction of R&D investments....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299174
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Does R&D-cooperation behavior differ between regions?
Fritsch, Michael - 2002
This paper investigates interregional differences in cooperative behavior of manufacturing establishments in the field of research and development (R&D). The empirical analysis for eleven European regions reveals a number of significant differences between these regions in the propensity to...
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How and why does the efficiency of regional innovation systems differ?
Fritsch, Michael - 2002
in innovation activity between regions have so far been rather unsuccessful. Using a unique data set which contains … in the efficiency of innovation activities can be found. This variation is in correspondence with a center … differences in efficiency of regional innovation systems can be explained by differences in R&D-cooperation behavior. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010305685
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Do sources of knowledge transfer matter? A firm-level analysis in the PRD, China
Liu, Wan-Hsin - 2009
different innovation outcomes, using a firm-level dataset collected in the Pearl River Delta (PRD) in China. It also … innovation sales and to create new knowledge qualified for patenting. In addition to own R&D activities, they rely on sourcing … knowledge from different sets of sources to support them to carry out the last three types of innovation outcomes. …
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Innovation and Firms' Productivity Growth in Slovenia: Sensitivity of Results to Sectoral Heterogeneity and to Estimation Method
Jaklič, Andreja; Damijan, Jože P.; Kostevc, Črt; … - 2008
The paper examines implications of endogenous growth theory on the relationship between firm productivity, innovation … as well as productivity growth by combining infirmation on firm-level innovation (CIS) with accounting data for a large … endogeneity of innovation (Crä¿»on-Duguet- Mairesse - CDM - approach) and idiosyncratic firm characteristics (matching and average …
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Does Innovation Help the Good or the Poor Performing Firms?
Damijan, Jože P.; Kostevc, Črt; Rojec, Matija - 2009
Using firm-level innovation data for a large sample of Slovenian firms in the period 1996-2002, the paper finds … surprising results that innovation is not benefitting all firms. We find that only manufacturing firms with below average … productivity growth (the lowest four deciles) are likely to experience significant benefits from successful innovation, while …
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Collaborative R&D as a strategy to attenuate financing constraints
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Hottenrott, Hanna - 2012
The ability of firms to establish R&D collaborations that combine resources, exploit complementary know-how, and internalize R&D externalities has been shown to be of high importance for the successful creation and implementation of new knowledge. We argue in this article that collaborative R&D...
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Functional chains of knowledge management: effects on firms' innovative performance
Cantner, Uwe; Joel, Kristin - 2007
The aim of this paper is to investigate the role of Knowledge Management (KM) for the innovation success of firms. It … recombination of internal and external knowledge assets. To analyse the embedding of KM in a firm's internal system of innovation we …. Using data on KM and innovation success of 351 German firms of the manufacturing sector and knowledge-intensive services …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263833
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The use of knowledge management by innovators: empirical evidence for Germany
Cantner, Uwe; Joel, Kristin; Schmidt, Tobias - 2008
focus is on knowledge management practices implemented to increase collaboration between actors within a firm on innovation … innovation strategy targeted at consumers and continuous R&D activities is positively related to KM usage. In addition, more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263855