biotechnology industry, we empirically assess the importance of regional entrepreneurial opportunities on transition probabilities … start-up competitions and have won at least one competition. Controlling for technology and individual characteristics, we … ; biotechnology ; R&D …

"Wettbewerb" und "Bildungspolitik" stehen in zweifacher Hinsicht im Zusammenhang: Erstens erfordert der internationale … Wettbewerb den Erhalt und Ausbau des deutschen Humankapitalbestands. Damit dabei die Ressourcen effizient eingesetzt werden, ist …

manufacturing incumbent establishments. The perceived pressure of competition is stronger the higher the level of entries in the … start-ups across all regions of Germany. The productivity level of an incumbent moderates the extent of the perceived …

This study analyses empirically the effects of import competition on firm productivity (TFPQ) using administrative firm …-level panel data from German manufacturing. We find that only import competition from high-income countries is associated with … positive incentives for firms to invest in productivity improvement, whereas import competition from middle- and low …

The COVID pandemic caused the political competition between the prime ministers of the German states to reach its peak … politically. In this paper, we attempt to document which state leaders are forerunners or latecomers in this political competition …

non-parametric productivity estimation, we analyze 79 Germany universities based on information about the German …