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Overeducation in the Swiss labour market : does anything go wrong?
Wirz, Aniela (contributor); Atukeren, Erdal (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
We examine the determinants of overeducation in Switzerland - an economy generally characterised by excess qualified … studies. Our analyses show that overeducation in Switzerland cannot be explained by rigidities limiting the adjustments of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002202976
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Innovation und Wettbewerb : eine Analyse aufgrund von schweizerischen Unternehmensdaten
Arvanitis, Spyridon (contributor);  … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002117349
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The decision to adopt internet-based e-commerce : an empirical analysis based on Swiss firm-level data
Hollenstein, Heinz (contributor);  … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
The paper aims at explaining empirically the diffusion of E-commerce based on two largescale sample surveys conducted in the Swiss economy. The paper adds to previous work in two ways: firstly, we estimate separate models for E-selling and E-purchasing, and, secondly, we distinguish between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002202981
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Bestimmungsfaktoren der Gewinnmargen von Unternehmungen : eine Analyse auf der Basis von Schweizer Branchendaten
Arvanitis, Spyridon (contributor);  … - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001783587
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The Swiss disease : facts and artefacts
Abrahamsen, Yngve; Aeppli, Roland; Atukeren, Erdal; … - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
rich countries: New Zealand and Switzerland. We briefly discuss Kehoe/Prescott's definition of a "great depression … perform sensitivity tests with respect to alternative operationalisations for Switzerland and the U.S. It is shown that with …-performing Switzerland reduces considerably. Yet, this still does not explain the comparatively poor economic growth in Switzerland during …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001767731
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Patterns and determinants of international activities: are SMEs different? : An empirical analysis based on firm-level data for the Swiss business sector
Hollenstein, Heinz (contributor) - 2002 - [Elektronische Ressource]
The literature on the internationalisation of firms has paid little attention to SMEs. SME-oriented studies are predominantly descriptive or illustrating theoretical arguments, and those dealing with services are mostly confined to specific industries. The paper aims at correcting some of these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001767816
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The effectiveness of government promotion of advanced manufacturing technologies (AMT) : an economic analysis based on Swiss micro data
Arvanitis, Spyridon (contributor);  … - 2002
This paper describes the approach applied and the results of an evaluation of the effects of the Swiss government programme to promote the diffusion of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies (AMT) from 1990 to 1996. The method used is based on specifying and econometrically estimating with firm...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001737721
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Explaining innovative activity in service industries : micro data evidence for Switzerland
Arvanitis, Spyridon (contributor) - 2002
In earlier work we analyzed empirically the innovative behaviour of Swiss manufacturing firms building on the wide consent in economic literature that demand prospects, type and intensity of competition, market structure, factors governing the production of knowledge (appropriability,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001737722
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Matched-pair analysis based on business survey data to evaluate the policy of supporting the adoption of advanced manufacturing technologies by Swiss firms
Donzé, Laurent (contributor) - 2002
decomposition of the selection bias and the estimation techniques used. We base our study on the J. Heckman and al. (1998)'s paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001737724
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Estimating and forecatsing production and orders in maufacturing industry from business survey data : evidence from Switzerland based on structural patterns from 1990-2000
Etter, Richard (contributor); Graff, Michael (contributor) - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001737725