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Intermediate input markets, ICT and innovation in Germany: A firm level analysis
Cerquera, Daniel; Klein, Gordon J. - 2013
This paper studies the impact of the adoption of ICT on the economic performance at the firm level, considering explicitly the interaction of adopting firms within the intermediate input market in Germany. The paper identifies and quantifies the importance of adoption externalities and knowledge...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010311774
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Intermediate input markets, ICT and innovation in Germany: A firm level analysis
Cerquera, Daniel; Klein, Gordon J. - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013
This paper studies the impact of the adoption of ICT on the economic performance at the firm level, considering explicitly the interaction of adopting firms within the intermediate input market in Germany. The paper identifies and quantifies the importance of adoption externalities and knowledge...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010957582
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Are Local Milieus the Key to Innovation Performance?
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Binz, Hanna L. - 2008
This study investigates how local milieus foster innovation success of firms. We complement the common practice of … availability of highly skilled labor and the proximity to suppliers matters for firms? innovation performance. Interestingly …, location factors obtained from the survey provide a more accurate explanation on how local milieus facilitate innovation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297993
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Are Local Milieus the Key to Innovation Performance?
Binz, Hanna L.; Czarnitzki, Dirk - 2008
This study investigates how local milieus foster innovation success in firms. We complement the common practice of … availability of highly skilled labor and the proximity to suppliers matter for firms' innovation performance. Interestingly …, location factors obtained from the survey provide a more accurate explanation of how local milieus facilitate innovation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298674
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More bits - more bucks? Measuring the impact of broadband internet on firm performance
Bertschek, Irene; Cerquera, Daniel; Klein, Gordon J. - 2011
productivity whereas it exhibits a positive and significant impact on their innovation activity. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010304731
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More bits - more bucks? Measuring the impact of broadband internet on firm performance
Bertschek, Irene; Cerquera, Daniel; Klein, Gordon J. - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2011
productivity whereas it exhibits a positive and significant impact on their innovation activity. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009024658
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Financial Constraints: Routine Versus Cutting Edge R&D Investment
Binz, Hanna L.; Czarnitzki, Dirk - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297990
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R&D Investment and Financing Constraints of Small and Medium-Sized Firm
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Binz, Hanna L. - 2008
This study tests for financial constraints on R&D investment and how they differ from capital investment. To identify constraints in the access to external capital, we employ a credit rating index. Our models show that internal constraints, measured by mark-ups, are more decisive for R&D than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298058
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Endogenous Firm Heterogeneity, ICT and R&D Incentives
Cequera, Daniel; Klein, Gordon J. - 2008
Firm heterogeneity explains the productivity driven selection mechanism that determines aggregate productivity growth within industries. This paper empirically demonstrates that ICT has a robust impact on firm heterogeneity only when ICT is used intensively and jointly with specific ICT...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298708
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097957