Innovation and Firm Performance - An Empirical Investigation for German Firms

Preface

Contents

1 Introduction

1.1 Motivation

1.2 Background, Outline, and Research Strategies

2 Data Set and Descriptive Analysis

2.1 Mannheim Innovation Panel

2.2 Additional Data Sources

2.3 Descriptive Analysis: Innovation Activities in Germany

Appendix A1: Tables

Appendix A2: Examples of Product and Process Innovations

3 Employment Effects of Innovation Activities

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Theoretical Considerations

3.3 Survey: Previous Empirical Findings

3.4 Theoretical and Econometric Model

3.5 Empirical Analysis for Germany

3.6 International Comparison Between France, Spain, UK and Germany

3.7 Summary and Discussion of Results

Appendix B

4 Productivity Effects of Innovation Activities

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Literature Review

4.3 Econometric Model

4.4 Data Set

4.5 Empirical Implementation

4.6 Descriptive Analysis

4.7 Econometric Analysis

4.8 Conclusion

Appendix C

5 Persistence Effects of Innovation Activities

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Theoretical Explanations

5.3 What Do We Know So Far? Previous Empirical Findings

5.4 Data Set

5.5 Measurement Issues

5.6 Stylised Facts

5.7 Econometric Analysis

5.8 Conclusion

Appendix D1: Average Partial E ects

Appendix D2: Tables

6 Summary and Conclusion

Abbreviations

List of Figures

List of Tables

References