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Competition and Persistence of R&D
(2011)KOF Working PapersThis paper investigates the R&D persistence of R&D active firms in different markets with different intensities of competition, based on firm-level panel data for the period 1996-2008. In a dynamic setting of the empirical model it turns out that persistence is strongly related to market competition (measured by the number of principal competitors). Persistence of R&D expenditures is more likely to be observed in markets with few principal ...Working Paper -
Potenziale für Cleantech im Industrie- und Dienstleistungsbereich in der Schweiz
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Firm characteristics and the cyclicality of R&D investments
(2011)KOF Working PapersAim of this study is to combine micro-aspects of firm behaviour with macro-aspects of business development and identify market conditions (for example, price competition) and firm characteristics (for example, type of R&D partners) that enable a firm to have a procyclical, anti-cyclical or non-systematic R&D investment behaviour. New elements of our analysis are: (a) the identification in our data of the above three main types of R&D ...Working Paper -
External End Users and Firm Innovation Performance
(2011)KOF Working PapersResearch about users as a source of innovation has been largely restricted to case studies exploring specific innovation projects at the firm level. This study assesses empirically the relationship between external end users’ knowledge as an input factor to innovation and firms’ innovation success. The results strongly support the hypotheses: (i) that external end users have the potential to essentially improve the innovative performance ...Working Paper -
Competition and R&D cooperation with universities and competitors
(2011)KOF Working PapersThis paper analyzes the relationship between competition and R&D cooperation with universities and competitors. Our simple model predicts that more competitors reduce the incentives for horizontal cooperation as it diminishes the gains from “collusion”. Assuming that the value of synergies and spillovers created by cooperation depends on competition intensity reveals two distinct and opposing incentives for cooperation. While synergies ...Working Paper -
Bestimmungsfaktoren der Performance des schweizerischen Breitbandmarktes im internationalen Vergleich
(2011)KOF StudiesZiel der Studie ist die Bewertung der Performance des Breitbandmarktes in der Schweiz im internationalen Vergleich unter besonderer Beachtung des Einflusses von regulierungs- und wettbewerbsrelevanten Grössen.<br/>Ein zentrales Kriterium zur Beurteilung des Breitbandmarktes ist die Verbreitung von Breitbandtechnologien innerhalb eines Landes. Die am häufigsten verwendete Statistik zum Vergleich der Verbreitung der Breitbandtechnologie ...Report