A recent survey of 54 micro-econometric studies reveals that exporting firms are more productive than non-exporters. On the other hand, previous empirical studies show that exporting does not necessarily improve…
The increasing commercialization of university discoveries has initiated a controversy on the impacts for future scientific research. It has been argued that an increasing orientation towards commercialization…
This paper investigates the motive of pre-empting technology competition through mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Exploiting the patent application procedure at the European Patent Office we introduce a new…
In dieser Arbeit wird untersucht, ob sich Spinoff-Gründungen und andere Gründungen in den forschungs- und wissensintensiven Wirtschaftszweigen in Österreich im Hinblick auf Performance sowie der verschiedenen…
