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Determinants of Green Innovation: The Impact of Internal and External Knowledge

Stucki, Tobias; Woerter, Martin - KOF Swiss Economic Institute, Department of Management, … - 2012

impact of internal and external knowledge pools of both green and ‘other than green’ technologies on green patent activities …. It turned out that the internal green knowledge stock is positively related to green patent activities with a … considerably large marginal value. The country’s green knowledge stock and the green knowledge stock of the same industry in other …

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Determinants of Swiss Firms’ R&D Activities at Foreign Locations: An Empirical Analysis Based on Firm-level Data

Arvanitis, Spyros; Hollenstein, Heinz - KOF Swiss Economic Institute, Department of Management, … - 2006

firms for performing R&D abroad shows that market-seeking is the most important motive. Knowledge-seeking and (human …

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Determinants of Knowledge and Technology Transfer Activities Between Firms and Science Institutions in Switzerland: An Analysis Based on Firm Data

Arvanitis, Spyros; Kubli, Ursina; Woerter, Martin - KOF Swiss Economic Institute, Department of Management, … - 2005

in Switzerland (universities and other research institution), i.e. to get involved in knowledge and technology transfer … (KTT) activities in order to gain new tacit and/or codified scientific knowledge in research fields which are relevant for … informational and educational activities (transfer of “tacit” knowledge), joint use of technical infrastructure and consulting …

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Knowledge and Technology Transfer (KTT) Activities Between Universities and Firms in Switzerland: The Main Facts : An Empirical Analysis Based on Firm-level Data

Arvanitis, Spyros; Kubli, Ursina; Sydow, Nora; Woerter, … - KOF Swiss Economic Institute, Department of Management, … - 2005

This study is part of a large project aiming at the investigation of a) extent and b) economic relevance of knowledge … research institutions) and private corporations. Under knowledge and technology transfer we understand very broadly any … activities targeted at transferring knowledge and technology that may help a company or a research institution – depending on the …

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The Performance Effect of Environmental Innovations

Wörter, Martin; Stucki, Tobias; Soltmann, Christian - KOF Swiss Economic Institute, Department of Management, … - 2013

While recent literature has focused on explaining the determinants of green innovations, it is not well understood how such innovations affect performance. To analyse the relationship between green innovation and performance, new industry-level panel data were exploited: these include 12 OECD...

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Assessing the Impact of Support Policies for Energy Efficient Technology in Switzerland

Ley, Marius - KOF Swiss Economic Institute, Department of Management, … - 2012

This study uses data of a representative sample of Swiss firms to assess the effectiveness of policy measures directed at the diffusion of energy effcient technology (EET). Three different outcome variables (number of EET applications implemented, CO2 reduction, and EET related investment) are...

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Industry Diversity and Its Impact on the Innovation Performance of Firms: An Empirical Analysis Based on Firm-level Panel Data

Wörter, Martin - KOF Swiss Economic Institute, Department of Management, … - 2007

This paper investigates empirically the impact of diversity on the innovation performance of a firm. We created a measure for diversity that mirrors differences in the resource base of firms within an industry and tested its impact on innovation in addition to more traditional factors like...

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A Comparison of Firm-level Innovation Cooperation in Five European Countries

Arvanitis, Spyros; Bolli, Thomas - KOF Swiss Economic Institute, Department of Management, … - 2009

This paper compares the determinants and the effects of innovation cooperation on innovation performance at firm level in five European countries: Belgium, Germany, Norway, Portugal and Switzerland. In a first step we analyse cooperation agreements with national and international partners and in...

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How Do Different Motives for R&D Cooperation Affect Firm Performance? – An Analysis Based on Swiss Micro Data

Arvanitis, Spyros - KOF Swiss Economic Institute, Department of Management, … - 2009

Starting point of our analysis is the empirical fact that firms pursue different goals when getting engaged in R&D collaborations, often more than one goal at the same time. Given that firms are driven by different motives for R&D cooperation, the aim of this article is to investigate the...

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Employee Education, Information and Communication Technology, Workplace Organization and Trade: A Comparative Analysis of Greek and Swiss Enterprises

Arvanitis, Spyros; Loukis, Euripidis N. - KOF Swiss Economic Institute, Department of Management, … - 2009

This paper aims at investigating empirically at the firm level the effect of the use of modern information and communication technologies (ICT), and also of two other factors, the adoption of new forms of workplace organization and trade (export) activities, on the demand for employees with...

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