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Intermediate input markets, ICT and innovation in Germany: A firm level analysis
Cerquera, Daniel; Klein, Gordon J. - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013
This paper studies the impact of the adoption of ICT on the economic performance at the firm level, considering explicitly the interaction of adopting firms within the intermediate input market in Germany. The paper identifies and quantifies the importance of adoption externalities and knowledge...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010957582
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Innovationsaktivitäten von kmU im verarbeitenden Gewerbe: Was zeichnet Imitatoren und originäre Innovatoren aus?
Zimmermann, Volker - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2003
the innovation process. Markets with high competition also force enterprises to produce imitative innovations but give …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098257
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More bits - more bucks? Measuring the impact of broadband internet on firm performance
Bertschek, Irene; Cerquera, Daniel; Klein, Gordon J. - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2011
productivity whereas it exhibits a positive and significant impact on their innovation activity. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009024658
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The Impact of Innovation on Employment in Small and Medium Enterprises with Different Growth Rates
Zimmermann, Volker - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2008
This article examines the impact of innovation on employment growth in innovating small and medium enterprises using a … quantile regression approach. The key findings are that innovation has a positive effect on employment in both growing and … shrinking firms. The impact of innovation on employee headcounts is much stronger in companies that are already experiencing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098347
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The importance of equity finance for R&D activity: are there differences between young and oldcompanies?
Mueller, Elisabeth; Zimmermann, Volker - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2008
This paper analyzes the importance of equity finance for the R&D activity of small and medium-sized enterprises. We use information on almost 6000 German SMEs from a company survey. Using the intensity of banking competition at the district level as instrument to control for endogeneity, we find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008469765
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The Importance of Equity Finance for R&D Activity: Are There Differences Between Young and OldCompanies?
Mueller, Elisabeth; Zimmermann, Volker - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2006
This paper analyzes the importance of equity finance for the R&D activity of small and medium-sized enterprises. We use information on almost 6000 German SMEs from a company survey. Using the intensity of banking competition at the district level as instrument to control for endogeneity, we find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097918
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Endogenous Firm Heterogeneity, ICT and R&D Incentives
Cequera, Daniel; Klein, Gordon J. - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2008
Firm heterogeneity explains the productivity driven selection mechanism that determines aggregate productivity growth within industries. This paper empirically demonstrates that ICT has a robust impact on firm heterogeneity only when ICT is used intensively and jointly with specific ICT...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098063
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The Importance of Equity Finance for R&D Activity: Are There Differences Between Young and OldCompanies?
Zimmermann, Volker; Mueller, Elisabeth - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2007
This paper analyzes the importance of equity finance for the R&D activity of small and medium-sized enterprises. We use information on almost 6000 German SMEs from a company survey. Using the intensity of banking competition at the district level as instrument to control for endogeneity, we find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098388