Can High-technology Industries Prosper in Germany? Institutional Frameworks and the Evolution of the German Software and Biotechnology Industries

Casper, Steven; Lehrer, Mark; Soskice, David

doi:10.1080/13662719900000002

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“…While, for instance, Vasudeva, Zaheer and Hernandez (2013) show that the innovativeness of firms is enhanced by their location in a coordinated market context (see also Lehrer 2000 andLange 2009), Casper, Lehrer and Soskice (1999) and Casper (2009) suggest that the institutional environment of British firms might be more conducive to innovation than the German one. These contrasting findings may be due to the fact that the specific impact of national institutions on the management of innovation tensions has not been sufficiently accounted for.…”

Section: Tensions Of Creativity and Innovationmentioning

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Cooking under Fire: Managing Multilevel Tensions between Creativity and Innovation in Haute Cuisine

Lane

Lup

2015

Industry and Innovation

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Original citation:Lane, Christel and Lup, Daniela (2015) Cooking under fire: managing multilevel tensions between creativity and innovation in haute cuisine. Industry and Innovation, 22 (8 we identify tensions at two distinct levels of analysis. The first tension, situated at the individual level, occurs between the artistic identity of the chefs-de-cuisine and their work identity; the second one, at the organizational level, arises because creativity and implementation are equally important for the organizational success, thus making it impossible to disentangle chefs' contribution from that of the kitchen brigade. Case evidence shows that effective tactics for managing these tensions simultaneously emphasize distinctions and create synergies between the contradictory elements of each tension.Moreover, our cross-national sample allows us to show how differences at the national institutional level affect the management of tensions and thus shed light on the mechanisms through which institutional environments affect innovation. These insights contribute to existing research in creativity and innovation.___________________________________________________________________

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Section: Tensions Of Creativity and Innovationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Cooking under Fire: Managing Multilevel Tensions between Creativity and Innovation in Haute Cuisine

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Lup

2015

Industry and Innovation

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“…In particular, Hall and Soskice (2001) argue that liberal market economies (LMEs) are associated with political systems that tend to concentrate political power in the executive, whilst coordinated market economies (CMEs) tend to be governed by consociational, coalitional or quasi-corporatist regimes. In LMEs, coordination is based on market mechanisms, favouring investment in transferable assets; in CMEs, coordination is by non-market means, favouring longer term investment in specific assets (see also Soskice 1997;Casper et al 1999). In summary, within CMEs, a focus on stakeholder interests is associated with both firm level practices and a wider governance regime.…”

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Is the German system of corporate governance converging towards the Anglo-American model?

Goergen

Manjon

Renneboog

2008

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This paper analyses whether the German corporate governance is converging towards Anglo-American practices. We summarise the extant empirical evidence on the various governance mechanisms that economic theory suggests ensure efficiency and describe recent legal developments. We find no clear signs of convergence in form, i.e. the main distinctive features of the German system have remained largely unaltered. However, changes occurred over the last decade (specially in the legal framework) suggest a certain convergence in function, i.e. some governance mechanisms have effectively incorporated aims and/or goals generally associated with the Anglo-American model.

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“…Gegenwärtig werden in der Literatur Innovationssysteme nicht nur räumlich abgegrenzt und defi niert, wie das bei supranationalen, nationalen und subnationalen (regionalen, lokalen) Innovationssystemen der Fall ist, sondern sie werden auch als sektorale und technologische Systeme verstanden (Malerba 2002, Cooke et al 2004, Asheim und Gertler 2004, Strambach 2004 (Casper et al 1999, Lehrer 2006. Man geht davon aus, dass 80 % der Software ingenieure in Sekundärbranchen beschäftigt sind (Broy et al 2006 (Friedewald et al 2001).…”

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Pfadabhängigkeit und Pfadplastizität von Innovationssystemen – Die deutsche und japanische Softwareindustrie

Strambach

Storz

2008

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Summary: Despite the increasing global integration of economic activities, technological specialisations of national innovation systems and comparative strengths associated thereby only change slowly. Germany and Japan, whose innovation systems similarly feature an industry-based profi le, own relatively stable strengths concerning innovative activity in high-value technologies. This originates from the path-dependent development of innovation systems and resultant complementary institutional arrangements infl uencing rate and direction of innovative activities and competence building. Concurrently these settings may possibly constrict innovative developments in other sectors, especially in the knowledge-intensive service industries like the software industry, as it has been shown for Germany and Japan since the mid-1990s. Nevertheless, sub-sectors with worldwide success exist: the German business software industry and the game software industry in Japan. In this article, we explore the causes therefore, considering the "plasticity" of development paths in particular. JEL Classifi cation: O3, O5, P5 Terms of use: Documents in

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Can High-technology Industries Prosper in Germany? Institutional Frameworks and the Evolution of the German Software and Biotechnology Industries

Cited by 247 publications

References 9 publications

Cooking under Fire: Managing Multilevel Tensions between Creativity and Innovation in Haute Cuisine

Cooking under Fire: Managing Multilevel Tensions between Creativity and Innovation in Haute Cuisine

Is the German system of corporate governance converging towards the Anglo-American model?

Pfadabhängigkeit und Pfadplastizität von Innovationssystemen – Die deutsche und japanische Softwareindustrie

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