Online platforms that implement reputation mechanisms typically prevent the transfer of ratings to other platforms, leading to lock-in effects and high switching costs for users. Platforms are able to capitalize…
The access to foreign knowledge via service imports fosters the success of innovations in Germany. The probability of firms introducing new or significantly improved products, services, or processes is more than…
Jeden August beginnen in Deutschland die betrieblichen Ausbildungen. Allerdings lassen sich immer weniger Schulabgänger/innen ausbilden. Neben der gesunkenen Geburtenrate spielt auch die Akademisierung eine…
Bislang fehlen empirische Daten zur Existenz von Betriebsräten in Start-up-Unternehmen in Deutschland. Die vorliegende Kurzexpertise adressiert diese Datenlücke und nimmt erstmals eine Bestandsaufnahme zur…
This paper investigates the impact of Public Procurement of Innovation (PPI) and Research and Development (R&D) grants on firms' R&D investment using data from Belgian R&D-active firms over the past decade. Our…
We study the implications of services trade for firm innovation. Using a quasi-experimental shift-share design, we find that access to foreign knowledge-related services improves the innovativeness of domestic…
