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Firm Leadership and Innovative Performance : Evidence from Seven EU Countries

Czarnitzki, Dirk; Kraft, Kornelius - 2005

This paper considers the effect of different firm leadership on the innovative performance of firms from seven EU countries. We investigate whether owner-led or manager-led firms achieve a larger share of their turnover with product innovations. Economic theory does not propose clear answers to...

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Management Control and Innovative Activity

Czarnitzki, Dirk; Kraft, Kornelius - 2015

This paper discusses theoretically the different incentives of managers versus firm owners to invest in innovative activities. There are opposing effects concerning R&D intensity in the manager-controlled firm. Our study on the determinants of R&D intensity presents empirical results concerning...

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Technological Capabilities, Technological Dynamism and Innovation Offshoring

Schubert, Torben; Baier, Elisabeth; Rammer, Christian - 2018

In this paper we analyze the conditions under which firms decide to offshore innovation. We consider the role of … technological change. Using unique data from the German Innovation Survey we find that while high speed of technological change … tends to drive innovation offshoring, high uncertainty about future technology developments results in more innovation …

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Endogenous Market Structures and Innovation by Leaders : An Empirical Test

Czarnitzki, Dirk - 2013

these predictions based on a unique dataset and survey for the German manufacturing sector (the Mannheim Innovation Panel …

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Profit-Sharing and Innovation

Aerts, Kris - 2014

We investigate the effect of profit-sharing on product and process innovation. Profit-sharing is a credible commitment … that the introduction of profit-sharing only spurs product innovation …

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Managerial Ownership, Entrenchment and Innovation

Czarnitzki, Dirk - 2014

as reduced remuneration and job loss. However, managers might over-invest into innovation for reasons of growth implying … their own interests. When entrenched, managers do not fear detrimental effects of risky innovation projects on their career …, and hence tend to over-invest into innovation …

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Subsidies and Innovation in the Recent Financial Crisis

Giebel, Marek; Kraft, Kornelius - 2022

We analyze the impact of subsidies on R&D expenditures in the financial crisis and beyond. The financial crisis has led to considerable turmoil in financing and, as a result, to restrictions of firms' access to external financing. Utilizing this fact, we identify and analyze financing...

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On the Profitability of Innovative Assets

Czarnitzki, Dirk; Kraft, Kornelius - 2007

Successful innovative activity is a major contribution to the intangible capital of firms. Although its importance is generally acknowledged, the contribution to companies' profits is a priori unclear. We present the results of an empirical study on the effects of the patent stock on...

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Using big data for generating firm-level innovation indicators: A literature review

Rammer, Christian; Es-Sadki, Nordine - 2022

Obtaining indicators on innovation activities of firms has been a challenge in economic research for a long time. The … throughputs in the innovation process. Output measurement of innovation has strongly been relying on survey data such as the … Community Innovation Survey (CIS), but suffers from several short-comings typical to sample surveys, including incomplete …

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The effect of entry on R&D investment of leaders : theory and mpirical evidence

Czarnitzki, Dirk (contributor); Etro, Federico (contributor) - 2008

predictions with a Tobit model based on a unique dataset and survey for the German manufacturing sector (the Mannheim Innovation …

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