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The effects of knowledge management on innovative success : an empirical analysis of German firms

Cantner, Uwe; Joel, Kristin; Schmidt, Tobias - 2009

The aim of this paper is to analyse the effects of knowledge management on the innovation success of firms in Germany …. Using a matching procedure on data from the German Innovation Survey of 2003 (“Mannheim Innovation Panel”), we pair firms … management on the share of cost reductions with process innovation. -- knowledge management ; innovation ; matching estimator …

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Firm-specific productivity risk over the business cycle : facts and aggregate implications

Bachmann, Ruediger; Bayer, Christian - 2009

Is time-varying firm-level uncertainty a major cause or amplifier of the business cycle? This paper investigates this question in the context of a heterogeneousfirm RBC model with persistent firm-level productivity shocks and lumpy capital adjustment, where cyclical changes in uncertainty...

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The cross-section of firms over the business cycle : new facts and a DSGE exploration

Bachmann, Ruediger; Bayer, Christian - 2009

Using a unique German firm-level data set, this paper is the first to jointly study the cyclical properties of the cross-sections of firm-level real value added and Solow residual innovations, as well as capital and employment adjustment. We find two new business cycle facts: 1) The...

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