We explore the association between signaling and conducting innovation collaborations with public research organizations and firms' revenues from firm and market novelties. Based on data from the German Community Innovation Survey 2023 and web-based indicators, firms conducting collaboration...

Innovationen sind essenziell für die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit der deutschen Wirtschaft. Kooperationen zwischen Unternehmen und wissenschaftlichen Einrichtungen gewinnen dabei zunehmend an Bedeutung. Unternehmen, die mit wissenschaftlichen Einrichtungen zusammenarbeiten, haben häufiger Erfolg bei...

We explore the association between signaling and conducting innovation collaborations with public research organizations and firms’ revenues from firm and market novelties. Based on data from the German Community Innovation Survey 2023 and web-based indicators, firms conducting collaboration...

Public procurement requirements and voluntary standards are increasingly used to foster environmental product innovations. However, quantitative evidence on their individual and joint effects is absent, and their conceptualization remains at an early stage. This paper makes two contributions....

Public procurement offers sizable market opportunities for young firms. We investigate the firm- and founder-level characteristics determining young firms' decision to apply for public tenders, as well as the procurers' selection of an awardee. We distinguish between observable and unobservable...

Public procurement offers sizable market opportunities for young firms. We investigate the firm- and founder-level characteristics determining young firms' decision to apply for public tenders, as well as the procurers' selection of an awardee. We distinguish between observable and unobservable...

Public procurement requirements and voluntary standards are increasingly used to foster environmental product innovations. However, quantitative evidence on their individual and joint effects is absent, and their conceptualization remains at an early stage. This paper makes two contributions....

Innovationen sind essenziell für die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit der deutschen Wirtschaft. Kooperationen zwischen Unternehmen und wissenschaftlichen Einrichtungen gewinnen dabei zunehmend an Bedeutung. Unternehmen, die mit wissenschaftlichen Einrichtungen zusammenarbeiten, haben häufiger Erfolg bei...

We explore which start-ups win in public procurement. Most notably, our analysis presents significant differences between firms applying for tenders with and without functional criteria. First, we use representative telephone survey data to estimate public procurement applicant and winner shares...