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R&D incentives, compatibility and network externalities

Cerquera Dussán, Daniel - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2006

This paper analyzes the impact of network externalities on R&D competition between an incumbent and a potential entrant. The analysis shows that the incumbent always invests more than the entrant in the development of higher quality network goods. However, the incumbent exhibits a too low level...

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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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Is Silence Golden? Patents versus Secrecy at the Firm Level

Hussinger, Katrin - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2004

In the 1990s, patenting schemes changed in many respects: upcoming new technologies accelerated the shift from price competition towards competition based on technical inventions, a worldwide surge in patenting took place, and the ?patent thicket? arose as a consequence of strategic patenting....

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The Role of Creative Industries in Industrial Innovation

Trüby, Johannes; Rammer, Christian; Müller, Kathrin - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2008

This paper analyses the role of creative industries in affecting an economy's innovation performance. We conducted a … innovative sectors in the economy. They support innovation in a variety of other sectors through creative inputs, such as ideas … for new products (i.e. innovation content), supplementary products and services (such as software) or marketing support …

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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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Evaluating the Impact of R&D Tax Credits on Innovation: A Microeconometric Study on Canadian Firms

Czarnitzki, Dirk; Hanel, Petr; Rosa, Julio Miguel - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2004

This study examines the effect of R&D tax credits on innovation activities of Canadian manufacturing firms. Over the … on a series of innovation indicators such as number of new products, sales with new products, originality of innovation … additional innovation output. …

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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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Measuring the impact of innovation on firm value: a new approach

Kraft, Kornelius; Czarnitzki, Dirk - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2002

Most of the existing empirical literature on the relationship of firm value and knowledge capital is based on the stock market valuation of companies. However, the assets of many firms are not publicly traded, and hence the calculation of market value is limited to a subsample of firms. We...

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Evaluating the Impacts of Subsidies on Innovation Activities in Germany

Hujer, Reinhard; Radić, Dubravko - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2005

market mechanism. As a response, public instruments have been implemented to stimulate private innovation activities. The … Establishment Panel and apply various microeconometric methods to estimate the effect of public measures on innovation activities of …

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Determinants of Patent Litigation in Germany

Cremers, Katrin - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2004

This paper presents an empirical analysis of the determinants of patent litigation in Germany, based on information from suits filed during the period from 1993 to 1995 at two of the three most important district courts. A control group was formed by selecting a random sample from the population...

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