Sectoral Innovation Systems, Corporate Strategies, and Competitiveness of the German Economy in a Globalised World

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The EU Barcelona target assumes a close causal relationship between corporate R&D, the competitiveness of business firms and the economic performance of industrial countries. Testing this hypothesis, this paper contrasts innovation and production activities in four research-intensive manufacturing sectors (chemicals and pharmaceuticals, motor vehicles, machinery, and electrical engineering). Starting point are observed long-term changes in world- wide value added of the manufacturing sector. The empirical analysis is based on a unique survey of R&D-intensive business firms in Germany and 50 personal interviews in large industrial companies. The results show that there is no simple connection between R&D and competitiveness. Moreover, the likely consequences of promoting R&D differ substantially between industries.

Object Details

• ISBN: 978-3-86788-062-6
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Ruhr Economic Papers ; No. 59

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Fiscal and Monetary Policy in Development ; Other Spatial Production and Pricing Analysis
• Subject: Sectoral innovation systems ; corporate R&D Strategies ; chemicals and pharmaceuticals ; machinery ; electrical engineering ; motor vehicles ; bazaar effect ; Verarbeitendes Gewerbe ; Betriebliche Forschung ; Innovationsmanagement ; Internationaler Wettbewerb ; Europäische Forschungs- und Technologiepolitik ; Deutschland

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Rothgang, Michael
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI)
• (where): Essen
• (when): 2008

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/26824
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET