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Diversity of science linkages: A survey of innovation performance effects and some evidence from Flemish firms

Cassiman, Bruno; Veugelers, Reinhilde; Zuniga, Pluvia - In: Economics - The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 4 (2010), pp. 1-26

associated with their innovation performance. Using a sample of Flemish firms, we show that there exists considerable … heterogeneity in the type of links to science at the firm level. Overall, firms with a science link enjoy superior innovation …

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Innovative capability and financing constraints for innovation: More money, more innovation?

Hottenrott, Hanna; Peters, Bettina - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2012

This study presents a novel empirical approach to identify financing constraints for innovation based on the concept of …. If they selected additional innovation projects, they must have had some unexploited investment opportunities that were … not profitable using more costly external finance. We attribute constraints for innovation not only to lacking financing …

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Estimating dynamic R&D demand: An analysis of costs and long-run benefits

Peters, Bettina; Roberts, Mark J.; Vuong, Van Anh; … - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013

Using firm-level data from the German manufacturing sector, we estimate a dynamic, structural model of the firm's decision to invest in R&D and quantify the cost and longrun benefit of this investment. The model incorporates and quantifies linkages between the firm's R&D investment, product and...

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Green innovations and organizational change: Making better use of environmental technology

Hottenrott, Hanna; Rexhäuser, Sascha; Veugelers, Reinhilde - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2012

The literature on within-firm organizational change and productivity suggests that firms can make more efficient use of certain technologies if complementary forms of organization are adopted. This issue may be of even greater importance for the case of greenhouse gas (GHG) abatement...

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Dynamic R&D choice and the impact of the firm's financial strength

Peters, Bettina; Roberts, Mark J.; Vuong, Van Anh - 2015

This article investigates how a firm's financial strength affcts its dynamic decision to invest in R&D. We estimate a dynamic model of R&D choice using data for German firms in high-tech manufacturing industries. The model incorporates a measure of the firm's financial strength, derived from its...

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Employment Effects of Different Innovation Activities: Microeconometric Evidence

Peters, Bettina - 2004

innovation and employment growth in Germany. The model is tailor-made for analysing firm-level employment effects of innovations … using specific information provided by CIS data. It establishes a theoretical link between employment growth and innovation …

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Employment Effects of Different Innovation Activities: Microeconometric Evidence

Peters, Bettina - 2005

Extending a recently developed multi-product model and distinguishing between different product and process innovation … activities, this paper reports new results on the relationship between innovation and employment growth in manufacturing and … information provided by CIS data. It establishes a theoretical link between employment growth and innovation output. The …

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Diversity of science linkages and innovation performance: some empirical evidence from Flemish firms

Cassiman, Bruno; Veugelers, Reinhilde; Zuniga, Pluvia - 2009

This paper examines the diversity of the types of links of firms to science and their effect on innovation performance …, firms with a science link enjoy superior innovation performance, in particular with respect to innovations that are new to …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298818

Innovative capability and financing constraints for innovation: More money, more innovation?

Hottenrott, Hanna; Peters, Bettina - 2009

This study presents a novel empirical approach to identify financing constraints for innovation based on the idea of an … alternatives of use. If they choose additional innovation projects they must have had some unexploited investment opportunities … attribute constraints for innovation not only to lacking financing, but also to firms' innovative capability. Econometric …

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The influence of international dispersed vs. home-based R&D on innovation performance

Peters, Bettina; Schmiele, Anja - 2010

Recent years have shown a surge of firms globalising their innovation activities in order to gain from international … stronger dispersed international R&D activities hamper or stimulate innovation. Second, we employ two well-established market …-based indicators for innovation (introduction of and sales growth rates due to new products) instead of looking at inventions (patents …

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