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The internationalisation of British and German start-up companies in high-technology industries

Bürgel, Oliver; Fier, Andreas; Licht, Georg; Murray, Gordon - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 1998

Established theories in international business come to different conclusions when specifically applied to the analysis of the international activities of start-up companies in high-technology industries. Using a new dataset of 495 British and German start-ups operating in high-technology...

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Productivity, Growth, and Internationalisation: The Case of German and British High Techs

Fryges, Helmut - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2004

International engagement is often expected to improve firm performance. Especially for small technology-oriented firms, export activities may be important, being regarded as one way to amortise these firms? high product research and development costs. This paper examines the relationship between...

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The Change of Sales Modes in International Markets: Empirical Results for German and British High-Tech Firms

Fryges, Helmut - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2005

The choice of the appropriate sales mode belongs to the firm?s most important strategic decisions after entering into a foreign market. Thus, it is important that the selected foreign sales mode best suits a firm?s available resources and capabilities. However, these resources and capabilities...

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Internationalisation of high-tech start-ups and fast growth-evidence for UK and Germany

Bürgel, Oliver; Fier, Andreas; Licht, Georg; Murray, Gordon - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2000

competition and shorter windows of opportunity increase the pressure to grow rapidly to appropriate the returns from innovation …

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Stepping In and Out of the International Market: Internationalisation of Technology-Oriented Firms in Germany and the UK

Fryges, Helmut - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2004

For small high-tech firms international orientation is regarded as crucial for growth and long-term survival. Even newly founded technology based firms (NTBFs) are often internationally active shortly after their inception (?born globals?). However, in order to create jobs and have a sustainable...

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Timing of international market entry of UK and German high-tech start-ups

Bürgel, Oliver; Fier, Andreas; Licht, Georg; Murray, Gordon - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2001

We examine the impact of technological product advantages, prior international experience of the management, firm size and age, country differences, and sunk costs as determinants of the timing of international market entry. The timing of internationalisation is analysed using ?event history...

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Intellectual property infringements due to R&D abroad? A comparative analysis between firms with international and domestic R&D activities

Schmiele, Anja - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2010

analysis rests on the German data from the Europe-wide Community Innovation Survey (CIS). We use a unique data set of about 900 … domestic innovation activities the later wave reports IP infringements. In a second analysis, the likelihood of infringements … from innovation host countries and no innovation host countries abroad is examined. Before the empirical analysis, an …

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Do R&D subsidies matter? Evidence for the German service sector

Czarnitzki, Dirk; Fier, Andreas - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2001

innovative activities of German service firms. We investigate whether firms that receive public subsidies for innovation projects … innovative activities. The more grants a firm has received in the past, the more it invests in current innovation projects …

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Die Wirkungsanalyse staatlicher Förderprogramme durch den Einsatz von Matching- und Selektionsmodellen am Beispiel der Fertigungstechnik

Fier, Andreas; Heger, Diana; Hussinger, Katrin - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2005

Mit dem Ziel die technologische Wettbewerbsfähigkeit zu steigern, investieren die Staaten der OECD jährlich beträchtliche Summen in die Förderung von Forschungs- und Entwicklungsaktivitäten (FuE). Angesichts knapper öffentlicher Budgets ist der Effektivität und Effizienz dieser Förderung...

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R&D and Subsidies at the Firm Level: An Application of Parametric and Semi-Parametric Two-Step Selection Models

Hussinger, Katrin - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2003

This paper analyzes the effects of public R&D subsidies on R&D expenditure in the German manufacturing sector. The focus is on the question whether public R&D funding stimulates or crowds out private investment. Cross sectional data at the firm level is used. By apllying parametric and...

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