Innovation cooperation in East Germany - only a half-way success?

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The paper focuses on the question whether enterprises that engage in innovation cooperation with external partners are more innovative and thus more productive than non-cooperating firms. A comparison between East and West Germany is being made. It shows that cooperating enterprises in East and West Germany are indeed more innovative than non-cooperating firms, but there remains a clear productivity gap between East and West German cooperating firms. Furthermore, in East Germany - different from West Germany - non-cooperating firms are even more productive than cooperating firms.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IWH Discussion Papers ; No. 170/2003

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft
• Subject: Forschungskooperation ; Industrielle Forschung ; Innovation ; Unternehmenskooperation ; Produktivität ; Neue Bundesländer

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Günther, Jutta
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle (IWH)
• (where): Halle (Saale)
• (when): 2003

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/77001
• URN: urn:nbn:de:gbv:3:2-20356
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:46 AM CET