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Innovation versus Imitation: Empirical Evidence from Swiss Firms
Harabi, Najib - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1991
The underlying theoretical assumption of this paper is that if firms can imitate an innovation at a cost that is … substantially below the cost of the innovator to carry out the innovation, there may be little or no incentive to carry out the … innovation. Cost and time required for imitating new products and processes have an important effect on the incentives for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008694162
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Facteurs déterminants la recherche et le développement dans l'industrie: Résultats d'une enquête écrite sur l'industrie suisse
Harabi, Najib - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1993
La présente étude résume les résultats obtenus lors de l'enquête effectuée en été 1988 sur les facteurs déterminant la R&D dans l'industrie suisse. Parmi les 940 entreprises sélectionnées, 358 ou environ 38 % d'entre elles ont répondu au questionnaire. Elles se répartissent en 127...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008685050
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Einflussfaktoren von Forschung und Entwicklung in der Schweizer Industrie: Ergebnisse einer schriftlichen Expertenbefragung
Harabi, Najib - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1991
Das vorliegende Arbeitspapier fasst die Ergebnisse einer im Sommer 1988 durchgeführten schriftlichen Expertenbefragung zu den Bestimmungsfaktoren von Forschung und Entwicklung in der Schweizer Industrie zusammen. Von den 940 befragten Unternehmungen haben 358 oder ca. 40% geantwortet; sie waren...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008685367
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Innovation decision of Tunisian service firms: an empirical analysis
Sdiri, Hanen; Ayadi, Mohamed - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Innovation is widely recognised as a key driver of economic growth and competitiveness. But, some works focus … especially on analyzing the determinants and the effects of innovation while distinguishing between its various types (product … innovation, process innovation, radical innovation and incremental innovation). The analysis of the determinants is certainly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009018269
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Macroeconomic instability and the incentive to innovate
Masino, Serena - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This paper investigates the channels through which macroeconomic volatility prevents or hinders innovative investment undertakings financed by the domestic business sector. The analysis is based on a sample of 48 countries, representing all levels of development, and uses various measures of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011108135
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Innovation et externalisation des services: une analyse empirique sur données d'entreprises tunisiennes
Sdiri, Hanen; Ayadi, Mohamed - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
paper is to examine to what extent outsourcing relationships can be a source of innovation in industrial services using a …. Our results support the evidence of positive effects of outsourcing service activities on the capacity of innovation. This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011111087
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Macroeconomic instability and the incentive to innovate
Masino, Serena - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This paper investigates the channels through which macroeconomic volatility prevents or hinders innovative investment undertakings financed by the domestic business sector. The analysis is based on a sample of 48 countries, representing all levels of development, and uses various measures of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011111699
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Macro-Institutional Instability and the Incentive to Innovate
Masino, Serena - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
innovation undertakings. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011112851
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Macro-Institutional Instability and the Incentive to Innovate
Masino, Serena - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
innovation undertakings. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011113372
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Employment Effects of Ecological Innovations: An Empirical Analysis
Harabi, Najib - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2000
Ecological innovations have increasingly been seen as a major response to environmental problems. An important question for both economic research and public policy is whether these innovations also increase employment or not (the question of a double dividend). The purpose of this paper is to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005789537