Die präsentierte Studie untersuchte Bestimmungsgründe der F&E-Tätigkeit von deutschen Industrieunternehmen im Zeitraum von 1992 bis 2000. Die modelltheoretischen Analysen dienten dazu, testbare Hypothesen über wesentliche Einflussfaktoren und deren Wirkungsrichtungen auf die F&E-Aktivitäten...

Established theories in international business come to different conclusions when specifically applied to the analysis of the international activities of start-up companies in high-technology industries. Using a new dataset of 495 British and German start-ups operating in high-technology...

The importance and contribution of new technology-based Firms (NTBFs) to long term economic development is at the center of a controversial debate. This paper provides an overview of the current status of research on various issues concerning NTBFs in Germany. The issues covered include the...

Based on the data of the first wave of the Mannheim Innovation panel, this paper explores the link between R&D expenditures and patents. Our data allow a detailed analysis of the firm size distribution of R&D and patent applications at different patent offices. It is shown that the share of R&D...