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dc.contributor.authorKöhler, Christianen
dc.contributor.authorRammer, Christianen
dc.date.accessioned2012-11-07-
dc.date.accessioned2012-11-08T16:16:56Z-
dc.date.available2012-11-08T16:16:56Z-
dc.date.issued2012-
dc.identifier.piurn:nbn:de:bsz:180-madoc-325603en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/66126-
dc.description.abstractBuyer power is widely considered to decrease innovation incentives of suppliers. However, there is little empirical evidence for this statement. Our paper analyses how buyer power influences innovation incentives of upstream firms while taking into account the type of competition in the downstream market, namely price and technology. We explore this relationship empirically for a unique dataset containing 1,129 observations of German firms from manufacturing and service sectors including information on the economic dependency of firms from their buyers. Using a generalised Tobit model, we find a negative effect of buyer power on a supplier's likelihood to start R&D activities. This negative effect is mitigated if the supplier faces powerful buyers operating under strong price competition. There is also weak evidence for a negative effect of buyer power on suppliers' R&D intensity if the powerful buyer operates under strong technology competition.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aZentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) |cMannheimen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aZEW Discussion Papers |x12-058en
dc.subject.jelL11en
dc.subject.jelO31en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordInnovationen
dc.subject.keywordBuyer Poweren
dc.titleBuyer power and suppliers' incentives to innovate-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn729342018en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:zbw:zewdip:12058en

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