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China's R&D explosion: Analyzing productivity effects across ownership types and over time

Boeing, Philipp; Mueller, Elisabeth; Sandner, Philipp - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2015

In the past years Chinese firms increased their spending on R&D substantially and worked on achieving a higher quality level of R&D. We analyze whether different R&D activities show a positive influence on total factor productivity (TFP) for firms of different ownership types and across two time...

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The influence of international dispersed vs. home-based R&D on innovation performance

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

Recent years have shown a surge of firms globalising their innovation activities in order to gain from international … stronger dispersed international R&D activities hamper or stimulate innovation. Second, we employ two well-established market …-based indicators for innovation (introduction of and sales growth rates due to new products) instead of looking at inventions (patents …

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The design paradox: the contribution of in-house and external design activities on product market performance

Czarnitzki, Dirk; Thorwarth, Susanne - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2009

developments at the firm level, the topic of design innovation has not been linked to the open innovation concept yet. In this …

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Fit and complementarity: cognitive distance and combined competence as predictors of co-operative R&D projects' outcomes in Europe

Zibell, Laurent; Allen, Peter M. - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2009

This article considers cognitive distance and combined competence as predictors of concrete outcomes in co-operative Research and Development projects. The operationalisation is based upon a dedicated survey, answered by matched pairs of projects managers in partnering organisations, addressing...

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The Effect of Entry on R&D Investment of Leaders: Theory and Empirical Evidence

Czarnitzki, Dirk; Etro, Federico Gabriele; Kraft, Kornelius - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2008

predictions with a Tobit model based on a unique dataset and survey for the German manufacturing sector (the Mannheim Innovation …

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Do Spillovers Stimulate Incremental or Drastic Product Innovations? Hypotheses and Evidence from German Establishment Data

Jirjahn, Uwe; Kraft, Kornelius - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2006

We estimate the determinants of various types of product innovation. Knowledge spillovers from rivals have a positive … exert no such independent influence on drastic innovation activities. The results support the hypothesis that establishments …

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

Spielkamp, Alfred; Czarnitzki, Dirk; Rammer, Christian - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2008

This paper investigates the impact of in-house R&D and innovation management practices on innovation success in small … innovation management tools in order to achieve innovation success. We analyse whether such a strategy can pay off. Based on data … from the German CIS we find that R&D activities are a main driver for innovation success if combined with external R …

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Does Public Scientific Research Complement Industry R&D Investment? The Case of NIH Supported Basic and Clinical Research and Pharmaceutical Industry R&D

Toole, Andrew A. - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2005

This research investigates the hypothesis that publicly funded scientific research complements private R&D investment in the pharmaceutical industry. New microlevel data on public research investment by the U.S. National Institutes of Health allow measures of basic and clinical research in seven...

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Financial Constraints: Routine Versus Cutting Edge R&D Investment

Binz, Hanna L.; Czarnitzki, Dirk - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2008

We analyze financial constraints for R&D, where we account for heterogeneity among investments which has been neglected in previous literature. According to economic theory, investments should be distinguished by their degree of uncertainty, e.g. routine R&D versus cutting-edge R&D. Financial...

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Firm leadership and innovative performance: evidence from seven EU Countries

Kraft, Kornelius; Czarnitzki, Dirk - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2001

This paper considers the effect of different firm leadership on the innovative performance of firms from seven EU countries. We investigate whether owner-led or manager-led firms achieve a larger share of their turnover with product innovations. Economic theory does not propose clear answers to...

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