Das Unternehmen IDT Europe GmbH mit Sitz in Dresden, das bis Dezember 2015 als Zentrum Mikroelektronik Dresden (ZMDI AG) firmierte, kann ein Beispiel auch für andere Industrieunternehmen in Deutschland sein: Fokus auf Forschung, Entwicklung und Design – ohne eigene Fertigung. Die IDT Europe...

Das Unternehmen IDT Europe GmbH mit Sitz in Dresden, das bis Dezember 2015 als Zentrum Mikroelektronik Dresden (ZMDI AG) firmierte, kann ein Beispiel auch für andere Industrieunternehmen in Deutschland sein: Fokus auf Forschung, Entwicklung und Design - ohne eigene Fertigung. Die IDT Europe...

The U.S. and EU Merger Guidelines strongly emphasize the relevance of the "ease of entry" argument in merger evaluations. Up to now, very little is known empirically about how mergers affect entry and exit, and the resulting number of firms in the markets. We empirically test this aspect of...

Growth in U.S. manufacturing’s real value-added has exceeded that of aggregate GDP, except during recessions, leading many to conclude that the sector is healthy and that the 30 percent decline in manufacturing employment since 2000 is largely the consequence of automation. The robust growth...

Part I. Setting the stage -- Part II. State Policy, Firms, and Upgrading Outcomes -- Part III. The Integrated Circuit Industry -- Part IV. China in Comparative Perspective -- Conclusion: China's Economic Future and the Future Role of Hybrids

Business as a body : disciplining an organization from head to foot -- The brain -- The eyes -- The heart -- The body -- Entrepreneurialism ? building of companies that last the ages -- Nurturing corporate culture -- Making people important -- Processes, policies and procedures -- Finance and...

A chemist and founder of Intel, Gordon Moore played a major role in revolutionizing technology and shaping the growth and reach of Silicon Valley. The story of the man -- an inventor and businessman whose influence on the world is at least as great as Thomas Edison's, Henry Ford's, or Bill...

Using firm level panel data from the U.S., I explore the relationship between firm size and R&D productivity for two important and R&D-intensive industries: Semiconductors and Pharmaceuticals. I employ two measures of a firm's R&D performance: the number of citations received per patented...

Corporate scientific publications are often presented as a strategic means for firms to create prior art with the objective to prevent others from patenting related inventions. This presumes that corporate publications enter the pool of prior art which is relevant to judge the novelty of patent...

Diese Studie trägt zur Erforschung von Institutional Workin Marktkonstitutionsprozessen bei. Ich zeige, wie gezieltes, koordiniertes Handeln unter Ungewissheit durch Praktiken organisiert wird, die die Ungewissheit tolerierbar machen. Ausgehend von den jüngsten Erkenntnissen der...

This paper advances research on institutional work in market constitution processes. I show how purposive, coordinated action is organized under conditions of uncertainty through practices of rendering irreducible uncertainty tolerable. Building on recent developments in institutional theories...

Corporate scientific publications are often presented as a strategic means for firms to create prior art with the objective to prevent others from patenting related inventions. This presumes that corporate publications enter the pool of prior art which is relevant to judge the novelty of patent...