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Generierung und Übernahme von Energietechnologien und energiepolitische Förderung in der Schweiz
(2010)KOF StudiesDiese Forschungsarbeit stützt sich auf eine in ihrer Art einmalige Befragung Schweizer Unternehmungen, um empirische Einsichten zu relevanten Themen im Bezug auf die Nutzung und Generierung energieeffzienter Technologien zu gewinnen. Dabei werden folgende Fragen bearbeitet: welches sind die Bestimmungsfaktoren der Innovation (der Erschaung zuvor nicht verfügbarer neuer Technologien) sowie des Verbreitung (also des Einsatzes solcher ...Report -
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What Determines the Innovation Capability of Firm Founders?
(2010)KOF Working PapersInnovative start-ups, not start-ups in general, seem to be important drivers of economic growth. However, little is known about how such firms look like. As activities of start-ups are strongly related to firm founders, we investigate this question focusing on the innovation capability of firm founders. We find that the combination of different founder characteristics such as university education (at best a combination of technical and ...Working Paper -
Innovation, Competition and Incentives for R&D
(2010)KOF Working PapersThis paper analyses the relationship between past innovation output, competition, and future innovation input in a dynamic econometric setting. We distinguish two dimensions of competition that correspond to the concepts of product substitutability and entry barriers due to fixed costs. Based on firm-level panel data for Germany and Switzerland we obtain consistent results for both countries. Innovation output in t-1 as measured by the ...Working Paper -
Factors Determining the Adoption of Energy-saving Technologies in Swiss Firms
(2010)KOF Working PapersThis study investigates the factors that determine the inter-firm and intra-firm adoption rates of energy-saving technologies. These factors can be on theoretical terms firm-specific rank effects, inducement effects, adoption barriers as well as order, stock and epidemic effects that are related to different kinds of external effects. Data for 2324 Swiss firms for the year 2008 are used that contain information about four categories of ...Working Paper -
How Do Different Motives for R&D Investment in Foreign Locations Affect Domestic Firm Performance?
(2010)KOF Working PapersThe aim of this article is to investigate the differences between specific motives of R&D investment in foreign locations with respect to the factors influencing the likelihood of foreign R&D and to the impact of foreign presence on the parent firms’ innovativeness and productivity. An econometric analysis of Swiss firm panel data shows, firstly, that factors related to firm-specific knowledge-oriented advantages are more important for ...Working Paper -