According to the Schumpeterian view, intellectual property (IP) protection policy and antitrust policy might affect firms' incentives to innovate in opposite directions. The former policy gives monopoly rights…
In 2006, on average 43% of the firms in the EU-15 practiced IT outsourcing (ITO). The determinants of ITO as well as firms' incentives to source out non-core activities have been examined extensively. As…
Final goods and some services are nowadays often not only produced at one location but their value creation is organised within global value chains: Many firms source inputs, either intermediate goods or…
It is today widely acknowledged that innovation constitutes one of the most important drivers of economic growth and competitiveness (see e.g. Solow, 1957; Griliches, 1979, 1992; Hall, 1996). Private sector…
Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings
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2012
2011 konnte die Nahrungsmittel-, Getränke- und Tabakindustrie dem positiven Trend der vergangenen Jahre mit einer leichten Steigerung der Umsätze fortsetzen. In den…
Nach dem Krisenjahr 2009 hat sich auch 2011 die positive Umsatztendenz in der Textil-, Bekleidungs- und Lederindustrie fortgesetzt. Während die Innovationsbudgets 2011 nicht…
