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Linking of production and technologies from the perspective of Eastern European/Eastern German companies. Topics: 1. Foreign investor: year of entry of the foreign investor into the enterprise (before 2000, 2000 or later); initial entry mode of the foreign investor; assessment of selected strategic motives of the foreign investor for participation in the enterprise (e.g. accessing a new foreign market, accessing location-bound natural resources, accessing location-bound knowledge and technology, cost advantages, etc.); own enterprise vs. foreign investor as exclusive or primary decision-making level in various business functions (e.g. finance and investment, strategic management, etc.). 2. Research, development and innovation in the enterprise from 2009 to 2011: expenditures for external R&D services 2009 to 2011; potential financial sources used to fund intra-mural R&D (e.g. the enterprise itself, the foreign investor´s headquarters, subsidiaries of the enterprise, competitors, foreign and domestic research institutions, etc.); number of R&D employees; the enterprise´s expenditure on R&D services by another entity, firm or organization in the last three years; partners commissioned by the enterprise to carry out external R&D services in the period 2009 to 2011. 3. Innovations: New or significantly improved products introduced or significantly improved by the Company within the last three years; development of these new and improved products; estimated share of products newly introduced or significantly improved in the years 2009 to 2011 of total Company sales in 2011; new or significantly improved production or delivery method(s), 2009 to 2011; development of these new or improved production or delivery methods; new or significantly improved organizational method(s) and distribution methods, 2009 to 2011. 4. Dissemination of research and development and innovation: importance of different sources of access to relevant knowledge for R&D and innovation in the...