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The purpose of this paper is to investigate empirically the effectiveness of alternative mechanisms of protecting the competitive advantages of new or improved products and processes. The analysis is based on I survey I conducted among 358 firms in 127 different (four-digit) industries in...
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Because of its importance to a dynamic development of the economy, over the last few years the formation of new firms has been viewed with rapidly in-creasing interest from the perspectives of practical economic policy at the na-tional, regional and local levels and from the perspectives of...
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Corporations discover that social responsibility pays off. However, sometimes doing what is ethical will prove costly to a company. The purpose of this article is to clarify this trade-off by developing an economic model that describes the choice between profits and principles. The model is used...
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Because of its importance to a dynamic development of the economy, the formation of new firms has been viewed with greater interest from policy makers at the national, regional and local levels and from representatives of private business associations, formal and informal networks. According to...
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Hinsicht auch kaum Unterschiede zwischen den einzelnen Branchen. 15. Beschaffung von Einsatzfaktoren oder Vorprodukten: Die … Nutzung von Online-Diensten für die Beschaffung von Einsatzfaktoren ist in der Schweiz weiter verbreitet als in allen anderen … die Branche Finanz- und Unternehmensdienstleistungen verzichtet in der Schweiz auf die Beschaffung von materiellen …
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What is Switzerland’s position today with regard to the acceptance, diffusion and usage of new work forms and business methods in the economy and society? One of the most extensive international surveys of population and businesses done thus far gives well founded answers to these questions:...
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Because of its importance to a dynamic development of the economy, the formation of new firms has been viewed with rapidly increasing interest from the perspectives of practical economic policy at the national, regional and local levels and from the perspectives of private business associations,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005837289
Wo steht die Schweiz heute bezüglich Akzeptanz, Verbreitung und Nutzung von neuen Arbeits-und Geschäftsformen in Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft? Eine der bisher umfassendsten internationalen, empirischen Untersuchungen in der Bevölkerung und bei Betrieben gibt auf diese Frage wissenschaftlich...
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In November 2001, a TV program showed that many large Dutch construction companies participated in price fixing. We analyze how one such company, Heijmans, reacted to the reputation crises after the TV program by introducing a code of conduct. We present the outcomes of a questionnaire survey...
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Das Ziel des folgenden Papiers besteht darin, erstens die Ergebnisse der Fallstudien im Bereich Electronic Commerce in der Schweiz zusammenzufassen und zweitens, wichtige Lehren aus diesen „Case studies“ zu ziehen. Folgende wichtigste Lehren zur optimalen Praxis von E-Commerce lassen sich...
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