Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/24081 
Year of Publication: 
2004
Series/Report no.: 
ZEW Discussion Papers No. 04-75
Publisher: 
Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), Mannheim
Abstract: 
The present paper first discusses theoretically the different incentives of manager- versus owner-controlled firms for investment into innovative activity. In addition, the role of debt financing is analyzed. Subsequently the results from an empirical study on the determinants of innovative activity measured by patent applications are presented. A sample of German firms covering 2,793 observations is used, and it turns out that companies with widely held capital stock are more active in innovation, i.e. weakly controlled managers show a higher innovation propensity. However, the higher the leverage the more disciplined the managers are.
Subjects: 
Innovation
Patents
Corporate Governance
Limited Dependent Variables
JEL: 
O31
L11
O32
C25
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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