While the service sector has gained attention in the empirical innovation research it is still neglected in the empirical research on export activities. This is partly due to the fact that services have been…
A quota on foreign competition will generally lead to quality-upgrading (downgrading) of the low-quality (high-quality) firm, an increase in average quality, a reduction of quality differentiation, and a…
Venture capital is assumed to play an important role for the commercialization of innovative ideas and the development of high-technology industries in a region. This paper deals with the regional distribution…
Although in its infancy, one promising application of Internet technology for firms is so-called Internet commerce or electronic commerce. This paper analyses the determinants of B2B (business-to-business)…