Quellen für Innovationen im Dienstleistungssektor (2000)
Blind, K., Czarnitzki, D., Ebling, G., Gottschalk, S., Janz, N., Niggemann, H.
Uncertainty of Outcome Versus Reputation: Empirical Evidence for the First German Football Division.
During the next few years, the German football industry will change dramatically. New distribution channels and initial public offerings will lead to large inflows of capital and hence funds for...
The theoretical discussion concerning the question whether the incumbment or the (potential) entrant invests more into R & D has attracted considerable interest. This paper reports the results of an...
Business Services in Germany: Bridges for Innovation.
During the last 20 years, R&D and innovation activities in the service sector have clearly increased. Especially business services are believed to be one of the main drivers of technical changes and...
The Behaviour of Noise Traders - Empirical Evidence on Purchases of Business Magazines.
According to the prospect theory financial investors tend to sell winners too early and ride losers too long. Hence, financial investors are changing their positions more frequently in a bull market...
Management Control and Innovative Activity.
This paper discusses the different incentives of managers versus firm owners to invest in innovative activities. Economic theory proposes different incentives in owner-led firms and...
This study analyses the effects of public R&D policy schemes on the innovation activities of firms located in Eastern Germany. This is the first study which considers the effects of public R&D...
Do R&D Subsidies Matter? - Evidence for the German Service Sector.
In recent times the service sector is often called the driving force of todays economies. This paper analyses the innovative activities of German service firms. We investigate whether firms that...
Firm Leadership and Innovative Performance: Evidence from Seven EU Countries.
This paper considers the effect of different firm leaderships on the innovative performance of firms from seven EU countries. We investigate whether owner-led or manager-led firms achieve a larger...
The Internet is receiving increasing attention as a medium for technology transfer between public research and the enterprise sector. Based on a survey of public research units in natural sciences...
Substitutive or Complementary? Innovation Subsidies in the German Service Sector.
This paper analyses the impact of public innovation subsidies on private innovation expenditure. In the empirical economic literature there is still no common support for the hypothesis of either a...