Types of Cooperation Partners as Determinants of Innovation Failures
Walter Hyll, Gunnar Pippel
Technology Analysis and Strategic Management,
No. 4,
2016
Abstract
In this paper we analyse if specific R&D cooperation partners are related to an increase in the probability of innovation failures in terms discontinuing innovation projects. We distinguish between seven different R&D cooperation partner types, and we discriminate between product innovation failures and process innovation failures. Using German Community Innovation Survey data we find that, firstly, each type of R&D cooperation partner has a different effect on innovation failures. Secondly, we show that product innovation failures and process innovation failures are not affected in equal measure by the same type of R&D cooperation partner. Our results suggest that while R&D cooperation with public research institutes is significantly and negatively related to the probability to cancel a process innovation project, the coefficient is positive but insignificant for product innovation failures. Firms conducting partnerships with suppliers, however, run the risk of both product and process innovation failures. In turn, cooperation with competitors is positively correlated only to process innovation failures.
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Die mittelfristige wirtschaftliche Entwicklung in Deutschland für die Jahre 2015 bis 2020
Hans-Ulrich Brautzsch, Katja Heinisch, Oliver Holtemöller, Brigitte Loose, Götz Zeddies
Konjunktur aktuell,
No. 5,
2015
Abstract
Nach der Mittelfristprojektion des IWH dürfte das Bruttoinlandsprodukt in Deutschland von 2015 bis 2020 um durchschnittlich 1½% wachsen; das nominale Bruttoinlandsprodukt wird wohl um durchschnittlich 3% zunehmen. Nach einer Unterauslastung der Kapazitäten in den Jahren 2015 und 2016 dürfte sich die Produktionslücke im Jahr 2017 schließen. Aufgrund der Erholung des Euroraums und der Weltwirtschaft dürften vom Außenhandel in der mittleren Frist wieder leichte Impulse ausgehen; die konjunkturelle Dynamik wird aber nach wie vor von der Inlandsnachfrage bestimmt. Die Verbraucherpreise ziehen im Prognosezeitraum leicht an.
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16.12.2015 • 45/2015
German Economy: Strong domestic demand compensates for weak exports
The upturn of the German economy is expected to gain further momentum as a consequence of strong domestic demand. Real gross domestic product is expected to increase by 1.6% in 2016. Consumer prices are expected to rise by 0.9%. Unemployment is expected to rise slightly because it will take time to integrate refugees into the labour market.
Oliver Holtemöller
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How Selective Are Real Wage Cuts? A Micro-analysis Using Linked Employer–Employee Data
Boris Hirsch, Thomas Zwick
LABOUR: Review of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations,
No. 4,
2015
Abstract
Using linked employer–employee panel data for Germany, we investigate whether firms implement real wage reductions in a selective manner. In line with insider–outsider and several strands of efficiency wage theory, we find strong evidence for selective wage cuts with high-productivity workers being spared even when controlling for permanent differences in firms' wage policies. In contrast to some recent contributions stressing fairness considerations, we also find that wage cuts increase wage dispersion among peers rather than narrowing it. Notably, the same selectivity pattern shows up when restricting our analysis to firms covered by collective agreements or having a works council.
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25 Jahre Aufbau Ost – weiterer Konvergenzfortschritt braucht gesamtdeutsches Produktivitätswachstum
Reint E. Gropp, Gerhard Heimpold
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 5,
2015
Abstract
Wie kann es weitergehen mit der Wirtschaftsentwicklung in Ostdeutschland? Wird Ostdeutschland auf dem derzeitigen Entwicklungsniveau verharren? Die Entwicklungsperspektiven der Neuen Länder sind nicht losgelöst von der künftigen gesamtdeutschen Wachstumsdynamik. Nicht nur in Ostdeutschland, sondern in Deutschland insgesamt besteht die Herausforderung darin, die Produktivität zu steigern, und zwar stärker als bislang.
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R&D Cooperation with Scientific Institutions: A Difference-in-difference Approach
Gunnar Pippel, V. Seefeld
Economics of Innovation and New Technology,
No. 5,
2016
Abstract
Economists and business managers have long been interested in the impact of research and development (R&D) cooperation with scientific institutions on the innovation performance of firms. Recent research identifies a positive correlation between these two variables. This paper aims to contribute to the identification of the relationship between R&D cooperation with scientific institutions and the product and process innovation performance of firms by using a difference-in-difference approach. In doing so, we distinguish between two different types of scientific institutions: universities and governmental research institutes. For the econometric analyses, we use data from the German Community Innovation Survey. In total, data from up to 560 German service and manufacturing firms are available for the difference-in-difference analyses. The results suggest that R&D cooperation with universities and governmental research institutes has a positive effect on both product innovation and process innovation performance of firms.
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10.08.2015 • 30/2015
Germany Benefited Substantially from the Greek Crisis
The balanced budget in Germany is largely the result of lower interest payments due to the European debt crisis. Research from the Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH) – Member of the Leibniz Association shows that the debt crisis resulted in a reduction in German bund rates of about 300 basis points (BP), yielding interest savings of more than EUR 100 billion (or more than 3% of gross domestic product, GDP) during the period 2010 to 2015. A significant part of this reduction is directly attributable to the Greek crisis. When discussing the costs to the German tax payer of saving Greece, these benefits should not be overlooked, as they tend to be larger than the expenses, even in a scenario where Greece does not repay any of its debts.
Reint E. Gropp
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Does Going Public Affect Innovation?
Shai B. Bernstein
Journal of Finance,
No. 4,
2015
Abstract
This paper investigates the effects of going public on innovation by comparing the innovation activity of firms that go public with firms that withdraw their initial public offering (IPO) filing and remain private. NASDAQ fluctuations during the book-building phase are used as an instrument for IPO completion. Using patent-based metrics, I find that the quality of internal innovation declines following the IPO, and firms experience both an exodus of skilled inventors and a decline in the productivity of the remaining inventors. However, public firms attract new human capital and acquire external innovation. The analysis reveals that going public changes firms' strategies in pursuing innovation.
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