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Demography and innovative entrepreneurship
Bönte, Werner; Falck, Oliver; Heblich, Stephan - 2007
Demographic change will be one of the major challenges for economic policy in the developed world in the next decades. In this article, we analyze the relationship between age structure and the number of startups. We argue that an individual's decision to start a business is determined by his or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264224
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The extension of clusters: difference-in-differences evidence from the Bavarian state-wide cluster policy
Falck, Oliver; Heblich, Stephan; Kipar, Stefan - 2008
Bavarian State Government. The purpose of the initiative was to create a Bavarian-wide innovation network in support of state … the likelihood of innovation by a firm in the targeted industry by 4 to 7 percentage points. However, this effect is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264488
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The impact of continuous training on a firm's innovations
Bauernschuster, Stefan; Falck, Oliver; Heblich, Stephan - 2008
Keeping up with rapid technological change necessitates constant innovation. Successful innovation depends on both … implement them. Both of these knowledge-based elements of innovation can be attained through moderate labor force turnover in … innovation within a multivariate regression framework. However, when instrumenting training by the existence of a union …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264329
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Subsidizing national champions: an evolutionary perspective
Aubert, Cécile; Falck, Oliver; Heblich, Stephan - 2008
A national-champions-related industrial policy has become (again) en vogue among European politicians. Against this background, our work orders different types of national champions along the industry lifecycle. Different types of locally bound externalities appear along the lifecycle. In a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264424
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R&D Spillovers through RJV Cooperation
Banal-Estañol, Albert; Duso, Tomaso; Seldeslachts, Jo; … - 2020
We investigate the dimensions through which R&D spillovers are propagated across firms via cooperation through Research Joint Ventures (RJVs). We build on the framework developed by Bloom et al. (2013) which considers the opposing effects of technology spillovers and product market rivalry, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012269577
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Market Concentration in Europe: Evidence from Antitrust Markets
Affeldt, Pauline; Duso, Tomaso; Gugler, Klaus; … - 2021
An increasing body of empirical evidence is documenting trends toward rising concentration, profits, and markups in many industries around the world since the 1980s. Two major criticisms of these studies is that concentration and market shares are poorly measured at the national industry level...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012493012
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R&D Spillovers Through RJV Cooperation
Banal-Estañol, Albert - 2020
We investigate the dimensions through which R&D spillovers are propagated across firms via cooperation through Research Joint Ventures (RJVs). We build on the framework developed by Bloom et al. (2013) which considers the opposing effects of technology spillovers and product market rivalry, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012824822
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Market Concentration in Europe : Evidence from Antitrust Markets
Affeldt, Pauline; Duso, Tomaso; Gugler, Klaus; … - 2021
An increasing body of empirical evidence is documenting trends toward rising concentration, profits, and markups in many industries around the world since the 1980s. Two major criticisms of these studies is that concentration and market shares are poorly measured at the national industry level...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013249649