Les PME françaises et allemandes font partie d’un contingent d’entreprises qui se distingue par une grande hétérogénéité. L’hétérogénéité des entreprises qui composent la catégorie des PME est la principale raison pour laquelle un cadre théorique unique les concernant n’a pas pu être défini. Les PME se distinguent des grandes entreprises non seulement par leur plus petite taille mais également par une plus grande flexibilité et réactivité, une grande proximité avec leurs clients et des liens étroits localisés avec leurs fournisseurs etc. De plus, on note également une différence entre les PME selon leur pays d’origine. Plusieurs rapports ont souligné la différence les PME françaises et celles qui composent le Mittelstand allemand. Ces dernières seraient plus grandes en taille, plus innovantes et plus actives à l’international que leurs alter ego françaises. Ces mêmes rapports constatent que la France pourrait avoir des performances supérieures en termes de croissance, d’emploi, de compétitivité et d’activités à l’international si on pouvait faire éclore un Mittelstand français. Le Mittelstand allemand ne se résume pas à une catégorie d’entreprises identifiables par leur taille, mais c’est plutôt un concept basé sur une culture entrepreneuriale favorisé par l’écosystème allemand. Notre analyse porte dans un premier temps sur les caractéristiques qui distinguent les PME françaises de celles appartenant au Mittelstand. Dans un deuxième temps notre étude porte sur le soutien public dont les PME françaises et allemandes bénéficient et dans quelle mesure on pourrait s’inspirer du soutien public allemand pour augmenter la performance des PME françaises. / French and German SME belong to a category of firms which stand out from an important heterogeneity. Due to the wide variety of companies which compose the category of SMES, an overall theoretical framework hasn’t been defined. These firms are not only distinguished from large companies by their small size but also by their greater flexibility and reactivity, their proximity to their customers and close localized links with suppliers etc. Additionally, there is also a difference between SMEs according to their home country. Several reports have highlighted the difference of French SMEs and those of the German Mittelstand. The latter would be larger in size, more innovative and more active internationally than their French counterparts. These reports also show that France could have superior performance in terms of growth, employment, competitiveness and international activities if we could generate a French Mittelstand supporting SMEs through targeted measures. Contrary to the idea we have of the German Mittelstand, it does not boil down to a category of companies identifiable by their size, but rather to a concept based on an entrepreneurial culture favored by the German ecosystem. Our analysis focuses first on these companies constituting the Mittelstand to highlight their characteristics and their differences compared to French SMEs.In a second step, our study focuses on the support that SMEs in both countries benefit and to what extent one could draw inspiration from the German support or model to increase the performance of French SMEs. / Französische und deutsche KMU sind Teil eines Kontingents von Unternehmen, die sich durch eine große Heterogenität auszeichnen. Die Heterogenität der Unternehmen, aus denen die KMU-Kategorie besteht, ist der Hauptgrund, warum ein einziger theoretischer Rahmen, der sie betrifft, nicht definiert werden konnte. KMU unterscheiden sich von größeren Unternehmen nicht nur durch ihre geringere Größe, sondern auch durch ihre größere Flexibilität, ihre Reaktionsfähigkeit, ihre Nähe zu ihren Kunden und enge lokale Verbindungen zu ihren Lieferanten usw. Darüber hinaus stellt man Unterschiede unter KMU fest, die aus verschieden Herkunftsländern kommen. In mehreren Berichten wurde der Unterschied zwischen französischen und deutschen KMU hervorgehoben. Die letzteren seien größer, innovativer und aktiver als die französischen alter ego. Dieselben Berichte zeigen, dass Frankreich bessere Ergebnisse in Bezug auf Wachstum, Beschäftigung, Wettbewerbsfähigkeit und internationale Aktivitäten erzielen könnte, wenn es möglich wäre einen französischen Mittelstand hervorzubringen. Der deutsche Mittelstand ist nicht nur eine durch ihre Größe identifizierbare Kategorie von Unternehmen, sondern ein Konzept, das auf einer vom deutschen Ökosystem begünstigten Unternehmenskultur basiert. Unsere Analyse konzentriert sich zunächst auf die Merkmale, die französische KMU von denen des Mittelstands unterscheiden. Zweitens konzentriert sich unsere Studie auf die öffentliche Unterstützung, von der französische und deutsche KMU profitieren, und inwieweit man sich von der deutschen öffentlichen Unterstützung inspirieren lassen kann, um die Leistungsfähigkeit französischer KMU zu steigern.

This paper investigates how exposure to extreme weather affects public support for climate policies. I use temperature data from the extreme heatwaves during the summers of 2018 and 2019 and examine whether temperature anomalies affected the results of five German state elections held in the autumn of these years. Using the vote share change of the Green Party as a measure of public support for climate policies, I do not find a general baseline effect of extreme temperatures. When considering possible heterogeneities however, I find that there is a positive effect of temperatures in electoral districts with more employed in the agricultural sector and in electoral districts with more informed voters. The estimated interaction effects are large compared to the mean vote share of the Green Party and the estimates obtained for other parties.

Durante la última década ha aumentado notablemente el interés por China y la multilocalización en el gran gigante asiático, tanto en el campo profesional como en el académico, propiciando el nacimiento de una nueva disciplina en el campo de la administración y dirección de empresas, la multilocalización en China. Las empresas son cada vez más conscientes del papel que China ejerce en su futuro, así como de la necesidad de tenerla presente en su hoja de ruta a fin de lograr una mayor competitividad en el mercado global. En este contexto, se han realizado y se siguen realizando muchos y excelentes trabajos sobre la multilocalización, con notables aportaciones, en especial aquellas relacionadas con sus rendimientos y métodos. Sin embargo, son más bien escasos los trabajos y aportaciones que evalúan los factores que inducen a un rendimiento asimétrico y negativo en la multilocalización de empresas españolas en China. Desde esta última perspectiva el presente estudio realiza una investigación tanto de carácter fundamentalmente explicativo, con el objetivo de obtener información relevante respecto al fenómeno de la gestión de la multilocalización y sus factores asociados en las empresas españolas en China (fenómeno con una reducida muestra), como de carácter exploratorio, ya que es uno de los primeros estudios que busca contrastar su contribución con las teorías existentes en la multilocalización. La tesis se presenta de manera que puede ser entendida como un único tema o como tres líneas de trabajo diferentes respecto a China, ya que aunque toda la investigación gira en torno a la multilocalización en este país, centra su atención en tres factores del proceso diferentes y de carácter crítico. Por tanto, las principales aportaciones del presente trabajo de investigación se han focalizado en la posibilidad de mejorar la efectividad y el rendimiento del proceso de multilocalización en China, elementos de relevancia para políticos, administraciones públicas, directivos e investigadores. En paralelo, se ha constatado cual es el verdadero impacto que tienen ciertos factores en el rendimiento de la multilocalización de empresas españolas en China y finalmente, el estudio proporciona elementos de valor para llevar a cabo una toma de decisiones documentada, el desarrollo de estrategias de empresa o la evaluación de políticas de ayuda para empresas españolas. / Portero Taulet, B. (2013). Factores críticos en la multilocalización de la empresa española: el caso de China [Tesis doctoral]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/32491

A pesquisa analisa a atuação do Estado no fomento da produção e da indústria criativa de jogos digitais, bem como as divergências apresentadas diante do termo e enquadramento jurídico do instituto dos jogos digitais. O desenvolvimento do trabalho se divide em quatro etapas. A primeira, que analisa a utilização de diferentes termos (jogos eletrônicos, jogos digitais, jogos virtuais) pela Administração Pública e o enquadramento jurídico deste instituto como software, obra audiovisual, bens informáticos e instituto sui generis. A segunda, que verifica o dever de a Administração Pública fomentar esta atividade econômica, fundado na natureza cultural e de entretenimento (lazer) dos jogos digitais e a possibilidade dos chamados serious games promover a efetivação de direitos fundamentais, fundamentando o incentivo estatal no ordenamento constitucional que busca o desenvolvimento nacional (econômico, social, cultural e tecnológico). A terceira, que expõe os principais conceitos sobre a economia criativa e a indústrias criativa de jogos digitais, bem como a intervenção do Estado na economia para o desenvolvimento deste setor através da atividade administrativa de fomento, que utiliza de diferentes instrumentos para incentivar a produção nacional de games por pessoas físicas e jurídicas. E a quarta, que analisa as políticas públicas de fomento direcionadas para o setor, em específico, as subvenções econômicas e sociais, compreendidas no período entre 2016 a 2018, abordando desde a estrutura da relação jurídica subvencional (sujeito ativo, sujeito passivo, conteúdo e objeto) até os editais individualizados das chamadas públicas no âmbito federal de órgãos da Administração Pública direta (MinC) e indireta (ANCINE e CAPES). Para a construção do raciocínio, fora utilizado fonte bibliográfica (livros, dissertações, teses e artigos científicos) e documental (legislação, editais de chamadas públicas e dados secundários). Os resultados apresentam a insegurança jurídica existente para os agentes econômicos do setor e para a Administração Pública quanto às consequências jurídico-econômicas decorrente da incerteza sobre a natureza jurídica dos jogos digitais, desestimulando os particulares a desempenhar esta atividade econômica e diminuindo a efetividade das políticas públicas de fomento. Também, percebe-se o avanço da técnica utilizada nas chamadas públicas de fomento, prevendo disposições específicas para os elementos típicos dessas obras, distribuição de recursos financeiros, prazo para a produção, indutores regionais, ações afirmativas, entre outros aspectos. Por fim, constatou-se a necessidade da atividade de fomento para o sucesso da indústria de jogos digitais no mercado nacional e internacional, vez que se trata de setor emergente sem financiamento privado, o que faz o fomento público ser um meio viabilizador e necessário para o crescimento econômico do setor, e, consequentemente, do desenvolvimento nacional. / The research analyzes the State\'s role in the public support of the production and creative industry of digital games, as well as the divergences presented before the term and legal framework of the institute of digital games. The development of the work is divided into four stages. The first one, which analyzes the use of different terms (electronic games, digital games, virtual games) by the Public Administration and the legal framework of this institute as software, audiovisual work, computer goods and sui generis institute. The second, which verifies the duty of the Public Administration to promote this economic activity, based on the cultural and entertainment nature of digital games and the possibility of so-called serious games promoting the implementation of fundamental rights, grounding the state incentive in the constitutional order which seeks national development (economic, social, cultural and technological). The third one, which presents the main concepts about the creative economy and the creative industries of digital games, as well as the intervention of the State in the economy for the development of this sector through the administrative activity of support, which uses different instruments to encourage national production of games by individuals and companies. And the fourth, which analyzes the public promotion policies directed to the sector, in particular, the economic and social subventions, from 2016 to 2018, dealing with the legal structure of the subvention relationship (active subject, passive subject, content and object) and the public notices of public policies in the federal scope of direct (MinC) and indirect (ANCINE and CAPES) Public Administration bodies. For the construction of the reasoning, it was used bibliographical (books, dissertations, theses and scientific articles) and documentary (legislation, public notices and secondary data) sources. The results present the legal uncertainty existing for the economic agents of the sector and for the Public Administration regarding the juridical-economic consequences due to the uncertainty about the legal nature of the digital games, discouraging individuals to perform this economic activity and reducing the effectiveness of public policies to development support. In addition, it is possible to notice the advance of the technique used in the public policies for development, providing specific provisions for the typical elements of these works, distribution of financial resources, term for production, regional inducers, affirmative actions, among other aspects. Finally, it was highlighted the need of the development activity to promote the success of the digital gaming industry in the national and international market, since it is an emerging sector without private financing, which makes public finance a viable and necessary mean for the economic growth of the sector, and consequently of national development.

Les problématiques énergétiques sont au sommet des préoccupations politiques dans de nombreux pays, du fait des enjeux environnementaux inhérents, du rôle moteur de l’énergie dans tous les secteurs économiques ainsi que des préoccupations relatives à l’indépendance énergétique. Cet intérêt est accru du fait de la part croissante des sources d’énergie renouvelables et intermittentes dans le mix énergétique mondial. En particulier, de par son fort potentiel et la volonté politique de soutien dont elle a bénéficié, l’énergie photovoltaïque est désormais un acteur clé dans la mutation énergétique mondiale, et son intégration dans le mix mondial doit être réalisée avec attention. Afin d’avoir une compréhension approfondie de la façon dont l’énergie solaire peut pénétrer et transformer le panorama énergétique, nous avons adopté une stratégie en trois niveaux avec une approche multidisciplinaire visant à apporter quelques réponses aux questions suivantes : i/ quel sera la position de l’énergie solaire dans le futur mix énergétique ?; ii/ du fait de son inconvénient majeur, l’intermittence, pouvons-nous fournir une architecture optimale d’une système basé sur l’énergie solaire associant des systèmes de stockage ?; iii/ quelle est l’efficacité des politiques incitatives mises en œuvre pour accélérer son déploiement ?Ainsi, dans un premier chapitre, nous analysons la position particulière de l’énergie photovoltaïque dans le mix énergétique. Après un rappel des enjeux des futurs mix énergétiques mondiaux, nous proposons une description sommaire des différentes technologies solaires et de leurs évolutions attendues en termes d’améliorations techniques et de réductions de coûts. Enfin, nous décrivons la croissance très rapide du marché photovoltaïque et de ces conséquences à la fois sur le mix électrique et sur le secteur industriel. Dans le deuxième chapitre, nous nous intéressons à la problématique de l’intégration de cette énergie intermittente dans le mix électrique, en développant une méthodologie d’évaluation multicritère ainsi qu’un outil d’optimisation multicritère sous contraintes qui permet de faire des simulations d’un système composé de panneaux photovoltaïques et de technologies de stockage. Des cas d’applications sur le cas réel du Cirque de Mafate (L’île de la Réunion, France) sont présentés pour illustrer l’intérêt de la méthode.Enfin, dans le troisième chapitre, nous questionnons l’efficacité de différentes politiques de soutien aux technologies photovoltaïques dans les pays les plus pertinents. Nous examinons plus particulièrement la corrélation entre la puissance installée, l’argent publique dépensé, ainsi que les prix de l’électricité. / The energetic issue is on the top of the political agenda in many countries, for environmental reasons, for its driving role in all the economic sectors, as well as for the energetic independency concerns. This problematic is stressed by the increasing weight of renewable intermittent power sources in the global energy mix. In particular, due to its high potential and the strong national policy support it beneficiated, solar photovoltaic energy is now a key player in the world energy mutation, and the way it is integrated into the global mix should be carefully performed. To deeply understand the way solar energy can penetrate and transform the forthcoming energy framework, we adopted a three-level strategy with an multidisciplinary approach to provide some answers to the following questions: i/ how can we situate the photovoltaic power role in future energy mixes?; ii/ due to its main drawback, intermittency, could we provide an optimal design of a system combining storage devices?; iii/ what is the efficiency of the incentive policies that are or have been implemented to accelerate its deployment?That is why, in a first chapter, the peculiar position of the solar photovoltaic energy in the energy mix is analyzed. After recalling the general issue of future global energetic mixes, we propose a brief description of the different photovoltaic technologies and their promising evolutions in terms of technical improvements and cost reductions. Then, we describe the fast growing photovoltaic market and its consequences both on the electricity mix and the industry sector.In the second chapter we investigate the issue of integrating such an intermittent energy in the electricity mix, by developing a multicriteria evaluation methodology and a multicriteria under constraint optimization tool which simulates a system composed of photovoltaic panels and storage devices. Applications on a real case in the Cirque de Mafate (L’île de la Réunion, France) are presented to illustrate the interest of our method.Finally, in chapter three, we question the efficiency of different public support policies to the photovoltaic technologies in the most relevant countries. We focus on correlating the installed power capacity with the spent public money and the electricity prices.

The subject of this thesis is entrepreneurship policy and the focus is on public support programmes directed to early stages technology-based ventures. It advocates that a broad view should be taken with regard to the type of policies for entrepreneurship that aim at supporting the facilitation of the supported ventures’ ability to link to their surrounding innovation system, in which they can secure their access to crucial external resources. Taking the departure in the perspective that early stages technology-based ventures are vulnerable, this thesis shows that publicly financed entrepreneurship supporting programmes can be motivated because small and newly started ventures have got limited resources, and because the risks, with which they are associated, generally make them unattractive in the eyes of private actors. Among the practical implications of this thesis, the following findings are emphasised: Public support, directed to the very earliest stages of venture development benefits from broadness, for the latter stages, specialisation and a higher degree of selectiveness could be an advantage. Moreover, it is important that the support provided take into account the whole process of business development, i.e. both the issues concerned with product/service and the issues connected to the market. A long-term commitment, cooperation between different actors and information about what support is available, are other aspects that are important for policymakers to consider in their design of public policies to support entrepreneurship. Finally, the importance of evaluative awareness must be emphasised from the very start. / Den här avhandlingen är en sammanläggning av 7 studier kring vilka en kappa med titeln ”Entreprenörskapspolicy: offentligt stöd för teknikbaserade företag” har skrivits. De inkluderade studierna beskrivs kortfattat i slutet av den här sammanfattningen. Syftet med avhandlingen är att analysera skälen till varför statliga interventioner kan vara berättigade, vidare att analysera målsättningar, design och resultat av offentliga program för stöd av nya teknikbaserade företag/projekt och slutligen att identifiera såväl praktiska som forskningsintressanta implikationer för utformningen av framtida stödaktiviteter. Avhandlingen baseras till största delen på olika typer av kvantitativa analyser av Stiftelsen Innovationscentrum (SIC) (studie 2-6). Förutom detta ingår en konceptuell studie där ett ramverk för att utvärdera inkubatorer, främst ur ett ”best practice” perspektiv, har tagits fram (studie 1). Slutligen har jag inkluderat en pågående uppföljningsstudie av Vinnovas program Vinn Nu (studie 7). Avhandlingen förespråkar en bred syn på begreppet entreprenörskapspolicy, där syftet med stödet är att underlätta för företag/projekt att koppla upp sig mot relevanta innovationssystem där de kan säkra sin tillgång på externa resurser. Med utgångspunkt i ett sårbarhetsperspektiv visar avhandlingen att offentligt finansierade program som stödjer entreprenörskap kan motiveras genom att de små och nystartade företagens resurser är begränsade och eftersom riskerna ofta gör att intresset från privata aktörer att gå in i dessa företag är lågt. Avhandlingens praktiska implikationer är bland annat att det stöd som riktas till de allra tidigaste utvecklingsfaserna i syfte att kvalificera idéer bör vara brett. Däremot kan ett mer selektivt urval vara fördelaktigt i något senare utvecklingsskeden och för mer specialiserade stöd. Vidare visar de inkluderade studierna på behovet av att se till hela företagets utvecklingsprocess. Det innebär bland annat att det är nödvändigt att kombinera hårt och mjukt stöd och att lika vikt läggs vid produkt- och marknadsutveckling. Offentligt stöd bör också vara långsiktigt, och samarbete mellan olika stödprogram är viktigt, inte minst med avseende på information om vilka stöd som finns och hur, var, när och av vem dessa kan sökas. Slutligen understryks vikten av att stödprogram redan från början bör ta hänsyn till utvärderingsaspekter.

The master´s thesis contains a theoretical definition of investment incentives in selected countries, specifically these countries are the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic. In addition, the calculations of IVEP, a.s investment incentives are compared, when an investment event is being carried out in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic. Finally, the advantage of an investment event in selected countries is evaluated.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T20:23:36Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Tania Ishikawa Mazon.pdf: 1618843 bytes, checksum: 86eff0883936b6eccaf1343b2447eb20 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-03-18 / In the 1990s of the twentieth century the term innovation became to be used frequently and attract increasing attention of policymakers and the productive sector in Brazil. Having as background the State's promotion of scientific development, research and technological expertise recommended by the Federal Constitution of 1988 and the São Paulo State Constitution of 1989 and the urgent need for the country to innovate more and more, this study was developed with the purpose of analyzing the administrative function of support and, in particular, the construction of specialized and cooperative environments of innovation in the light of Federal Law N° 10973/2004 and the Complementary State Law N° 1049/2008. It was also reviewed the role of Law in developing strategic alliances and cooperative projects of innovation, as well as in the building of research networks, business incubators, technology parks, partnership agreements and minority stake of the Government in the capital of the privately held company, by highlighting controversies arising from the implementation of those laws, as well as parameters to guide public promotional activities. At the end, the findings obtained during the work were listed / Na década de 90 do século XX o termo inovação passou a ser utilizado com frequência e a atrair a crescente atenção de formuladores de políticas públicas e do setor produtivo no Brasil. Tendo como pano de fundo o estímulo do Estado ao desenvolvimento científico, à pesquisa e à capacitação tecnológicas preconizado pelas Constituições Federal de 1988 e Paulista de 1989 e a necessidade premente de o País inovar cada vez mais, o presente estudo foi desenvolvido com o objetivo de analisar a função administrativa de fomento e, especialmente, a construção de ambientes especializados e cooperativos de inovação, à luz da Lei Federal nº 10.973/2004 e da Lei Complementar Paulista nº 1.049/2008. Foi também examinado o papel do Direito na constituição de alianças estratégicas e de projetos cooperativos de inovação, assim como na formação de redes de pesquisa, incubadoras, parques tecnológicos, acordos de parceria e na participação minoritária do Poder Público no capital de empresa privada, apontando polêmicas surgidas na aplicação das leis citadas, assim como parâmetros para orientar a atuação promocional pública. Ao final, foram arroladas as conclusões obtidas ao longo do trabalho

This study investigates the impact of tax incentives on the firms’ innovative activity and economic growth by using sample of 28 OECD countries. The study using panel data analysis and applies fixed effect OLS models. The results of the econometric investigation indicate that tax incentives have significant and positive effect on the R&D expenditure. Regression analysis also shows a positive significant impact of R&D tax incentives in combination with direct funding for business R&D. The paper finds no evidence of significant relationship between tax incentives and economic growth. The research also finds a positive significant impact of direct R&D support, R&D expenditure and tax incentives on registered patents. We suggest to apply public support policy including both types of support since previous studies showed that tax incentives and direct funding are not perfect substitutes.

<p>This thesis is about publicly funded support of technology-based ventures. These ventures are regarded as solutions to create growth and societal development. They are commonly originated from universities, institutes or other firms and their products or techniques are commonly new or at least different from the ordinary. They are therefore considered as being of higher risk than generic new firms, but if successful they may also give higher returns. Hence, a range of efforts has been undertaken to support them. However, concerning the issue of public support, gaps of research have been exposed.</p><p>This thesis aims to give some answers on the question of what characterizes the public support given to technology-based ventures in Sweden. It elucidates two types of public support, the “configuration-type” and the “process-type” The first is studied by using statistical databases built upon the conditional loans and the innovation subsidies that were offered by Sweden Innovation Centre during the years 1994-2003. The second type concerns incubator support, and investigates how best practise incubators can be evaluated. Among the results, it can be mentioned that different support actors use different selection criteria depending on their goals, however the credibility of the applying venture is crucial for approval. Furthermore, a framework for best practice evaluation is developed.</p> / Report code: LiU-Tek-Lic 2005:72. Pages 49-68 and 87-105 has been removed since the author do not have the copyright for articles one and three when published in a scientific journal.