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Balsmeier, B., Hickfang, M. Gewerkschaftlicher Einfluss auf F&E-Investitionen in KMU. ZfKE – Zeitschrift für KMU und Entrepreneurship, 65(1–2), 77-83. https://doi.org/10.3790/zfke.65.1-2.77
Balsmeier, Benjamin and Hickfang, Michael "Gewerkschaftlicher Einfluss auf F&E-Investitionen in KMU" ZfKE – Zeitschrift für KMU und Entrepreneurship 65.1–2, 2017, 77-83. https://doi.org/10.3790/zfke.65.1-2.77
Balsmeier, Benjamin/Hickfang, Michael (2017): Gewerkschaftlicher Einfluss auf F&E-Investitionen in KMU, in: ZfKE – Zeitschrift für KMU und Entrepreneurship, vol. 65, iss. 1–2, 77-83, [online] https://doi.org/10.3790/zfke.65.1-2.77
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Gewerkschaftlicher Einfluss auf F&E-Investitionen in KMU

Balsmeier, Benjamin | Hickfang, Michael

ZfKE – Zeitschrift für KMU und Entrepreneurship, Vol. 65 (2017), Iss. 1–2 : pp. 77–83

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Duncker & Humblot
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https://doi.org/10.3790/zfke.65.1-2.77
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German
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7

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PD Dr. Benjamin Balsmeier, ETH Zürich, KOF Konjunkturforschungsstelle, Leonhardstrasse 21, CH - 8092 Zürich

Michael Hickfang, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Organisationsökonomik, Scharnhorststraße 100, D - 48151 Münster

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Abstract

Research & Development (R&D investments and new product developments are key drivers of long-term growth of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The present paper discusses the central arguments for a positive and negative influence of unions on R&D investments. On one hand, unions improve the coordination of managers and workers, and encourage investments into firm-specific human capital. Both factors should enable successful R&D projects. On the other hand, unions may appropriate part of the returns to successful inventions. If employers anticipate the latter, unions might decrease R&D spending of SMEs.

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