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The Global-Local Interplay of MNE and Non-MNE Firms

Johansson, Börje; Lööf, Hans - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2009

(MNE) firms and concentration in specific places due to agglomerative forces. First, innovation ideas arrive at a faster … speed to firms with past experience of innovation activities and with established export market contacts. Second …, innovativeness is strongly dependent on corporate and ownership structure. Third, the returns to innovation efforts are positively …

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The Icelandic Economy: a victim of the financial crisis or simply inefficient?

Oh, Dong-Hyun; Lööf, Hans; Heshmati, Almas - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2009

-level Community Innovation Survey (CIS) data set to consider the economy in the period preceding the collapse of its financial system …

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Internal Finance and Patents - evidence from firm-level data

Martinsson, Gustav; Lööf, Hans - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2009

We find that internal finance resources at the firm-level, measured by cash flow, play a non-trivial role for the number of patent applications, even after controlling for the standard variables of a patent study. The results are based on estimating panel count-data models on a sample of 2,700...

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Impact of Economic Crises on Innovation Activity: Firm Level Evidence from Patent Data

Martinsson, Gustav; Lööf, Hans - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2009

Based on data from of 2,700 Swedish manufacturing firms, observed through the period 1997-2005, this paper shows that internal finance resources, measured by cash-flow, affect the propensity to apply for a patent as well as the number of patent applications. From a business cycle perspective,...

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IS SILENCE GOLDEN? PATENTS VERSUS SECRECY AT THE FIRM LEVEL

Hussinger, Katrin - In: Economics of Innovation and New Technology 15 (2006) 8, pp. 735-752

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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Creating Innovations, Productivity and Growth - the efficiency of Icelandic firms

Ho, Dong-huyn; Lööf, Hans - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2009

Iceland is one of the smallest European economies and the country was hit severely by the 2008-financial crisis. This paper considers the economy in the period preceding the collapse. Applying a Data Envelopment Analysis on 204 randomly selected firms, the results suggest that a substantial...

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Key Characteristics of the Small Innovative Firm

Andersson, Martin; Lööf, Hans - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2009

innovation activities captured by patent applications, firm characteristics, international trade and the regional milieu. …

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Is Silence Golden? Patents versus Secrecy at the Firm Level

Hussinger, Katrin - 2005

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...

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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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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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