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Technologieorientierte Industrien und Unternehmen: Alternative Definitionen

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  • Nerlinger, Eric A.
  • Berger, Georg
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    During the last years more and more discussions came up about the contribution of technology-oriented and technology-intensive industries for employment and economic development. One reason for some of the contradictory evaluations of technology-intensive industries can be attributed to different conceptual definitions of technology and high-technology. This paper examines various definitions of high-technology, ranging from input factors, output factors, mixed input-output factors. subjective evaluations to definitions, based on employment or turnover growth. After characterizing the advantages and disadvantages of each factor, relevant definitions of high-technology are then discussed in detail. One finding of this overview is, that there's a huge mass of definitions which make more or less sense, depending on the underlying data, definitions and thresholds. --

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    Paper provided by ZEW - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung / Center for European Economic Research in its series ZEW Discussion Papers with number 95-20.

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    Handle: RePEc:zbw:zewdip:9520

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    1. Licht, Georg & Nerlinger, Eric A., 1997. "New Technology-Based Firms in Germany: A Survey of the Recent Evidence," ZEW Discussion Papers 97-18, ZEW - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung / Center for European Economic Research.
    2. Voigt, Eva, 1997. "Technische Universität als regionales Innovationspotential: Auswertung einer Unternehmensbefragung in der Region Ilmenau," Ilmenau Economics Discussion Papers 11, Ilmenau University of Technology, Institute of Economics.
    3. Nerlinger, Eric A., 1996. "Firm formation in high-tech industries: empirical results for Germany," ZEW Discussion Papers 96-07, ZEW - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung / Center for European Economic Research.
    4. Licht, Georg & Schnell, Wolfgang & Stahl, Harald, 1996. "Ergebnisse der Innovationserhebung 1995," ZEW Dokumentationen 96-05, ZEW - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung / Center for European Economic Research.
    5. Licht, Georg & Stahl, Harald, 1997. "Ergebnisse der Innovationserhebung 1996," ZEW Dokumentationen 97-07, ZEW - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung / Center for European Economic Research.

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