This paper uses newly available data for German business services firms to test a hypothesis derived by Bustos (AER 2011) in a model that explains the decision of heterogeneous firms to export and to engage in R&D. Using a non-parametric test for first order stochastic dominance it is shown...

Das Management von Forschung und Entwicklung ist eine der wichtigsten unternehmerischen Funktionen, insbesondere in technologieorientierten Branchen. Vor diesem Hintergrund bietet dieses Buch einen umfassenden Überblick aller strategischen, operativen und taktischen Maßnahmen, die für ein...

This empirical research note documents the relationship between composition of a firm's workforce (with a special focus on age and gender) and its performance with respect to innovative activities (outlays and employment in research and development (R&D)) for a large representative sample of...

This study uses newly available representative data from German business services firms and a continuous treatment approach based on the generalized propensity score to test for a causal effect of R&D activities (measured by the share of engineers and natural scientists in all employees) on the...