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combine R&D investments with patent data of the world top R&D investors worldwide and show that investment per patent varies …
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We apply the Q-Theory investment model to a panel of high-tech firms listed on the Chinese stock market during 2008 and …
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Firms in developed countries face increasing shortages of young workers. This paper studies the importance of young workers, particularly vocational trainees, for firm technology investments. Leveraging exogenous variation in trainee supply caused by an education reform in Germany in 2001, I...
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Firms in developed countries face increasing shortages of young workers. This paper studies the importance of young workers, particularly vocational trainees, for firm technology investments. Leveraging exogenous variation in trainee supply caused by an education reform in Germany in 2001, I...
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This paper empirically investigates the antecedents of internationalization of SMEs, focusing on differences between the manufacturing and service sectors. Specifically, employing a bivariate probit model based on survey data of approximately 3,900 East German firms, I analyze which firm-related...
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equilibrium model, we find that a firm increases investment in response to external product market threats. Further, the paper … analyzes whether product market threats lead to an improvement in investment efficiency. When faced with product market … competition, we find that firms that are otherwise likely to underinvest (overinvest) increase (increase) their investment …
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