Recent literature has emphasized several motivations behind mergers and acquisitions (M&As). Firm acquisitions have been shown to serve as a way to gain access to international markets, technological assets,…
Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings
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2008
Immer häufiger zeigt sich, dass die Effekte der Globalisierung keine Einbahnstraßen im Transfer von Gütern, Dienstleistungen und Kapital von den entwickelten hin zu sich entwickelnden Nationen sind. Durch die…
The Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), Mannheim, increased its earnings in the business year 2007. The earnings rose to 14.72 million Euros and thus notably exceeded previous year’s result (14.15…
Globalisation is radically reshaping the business environment for small and mediumsized enterprises (SMEs). In order to cope with increased competition and business opportunities in globalised markets, SMEs may…
The creation of academic spin-offs has received great attention in innovation policy for the last couple of years. Throughout Europe policy programmes have been introduced to stimulate entrepreneurial activities…
Valuable knowledge emerges increasingly outside of firm boundaries, in particular in public research institutions and universities. The question is how firms organize their interactions with universities…
Die demografische Entwicklung in Deutschland wird auf mittlere Sicht zu einer nennenswerten Absenkung der bisher für das Gründungsgeschehen bedeutsamen Alterskohorten führen. Diese Studie zeigt durch eine…
This paper addresses the welfare effects of conditional grants when there is government failure on the subordinate (hereafter regional) level. Government failure on the regional level may occur due to the…
