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Technology Use, Organisational Flexibility and Innovation: Evidence for Germany
Hempell, Thomas; Zwick, Thomas - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2005
This paper investigates to what extent the usage of information and communication technology (ICT) fosters innovation … that ICT use is associated with an increase in both types of flexibility but the implications for innovation activities … differ. Functional flexibility is strongly positively associated with product innovations. In contrast, numerical flexibility …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097958
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Private Incentives to Innovate: Interplay of New Products and Brand-Name Reputation
Leheyda, Nina - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2008
This paper studies the introduction of new products (increase in product variety) in the automobile industry. The focus is on the two sources of market power that may allow the firms to get higher profits (and, thus, recoup investments): new products and brand-name reputation. The effects of new...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098294
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Intra- und intergenerationale Umverteilungseffekte in der bundesdeutschen Alterssicherung auf Basis humankapital - theoretischer Überlegungen
Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; Reuß, Karsten - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2008
In der folgenden Studie möchten wir ausgewählte Aspekte von intra- und intergenerationalen Umverteilungseffekten im System der bundesdeutschen Alterssicherung auf der Basis der Humankapitalheorie mit Simulationsmethoden analysieren. Falls es das Ziel der Politik ist, die Ungleichheit des...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097729
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Ungleichheit und die differentiellen Erträge frühkindlicher Bildungsinvestitionen im Lebenszyklus
Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; Reuß, Karsten - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2008
, im Lebenszyklus die Kosten um ein Vielfaches. Die Abschätzungen deuten darauf hin, dass die ertragreichste Politik zur …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098105
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Entry and shakeout in dynamic oligopoly
Hünermund, Paul; Schmidt-Dengler, Philipp; Takahashi, Yuya - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014
In many industries, the number of firms evolves non-monotonically over time. A phase of rapid entry is followed by an industry shakeout: a large number of firms exit within a short period. We present a simple timing game of entry and exit with an exogenous technological process governing firm...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011104992
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The social long-term care insurance in Germany: origin, situation, threats, and perspectives
Heinicke, Katrin; Thomsen, Stephan L. - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2010
challenges for its sustainability. Therefore, recently suggested reform options are discussed at the end of the paper showing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008518269
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Measuring the immeasurable: a survey of substainability indices
Böhringer, Christoph; Jochem, Patrick - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2006
Sustainability indices for countries provide a one-dimensional metric to valuate country-specific information on the … be performed. This paper reviews the explanatory power of various sustainability indices applied in policy practice. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097645
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Determinants of Environmental Innovations in Germany: Do Organizational Measures Matter? A Discrete Choice Analysis at the Firm Level
Rennings, Klaus; Ziegler, Andreas - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2004
regarding the determinants of different types of environmental technological innovations. We examine particularly the effects of … determinants of specific types of environmental innovations compared with the absence of such innovations as basic alternative. The … products have a significantly strong positive effect on environmental product and process innovations. In contrast, the effects …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097683
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Der Einfluss ökologischer und sozialer Nachhaltigkeit auf den Shareholder Value europäischer Aktiengesellschaften
Schröder, Michael; Rennings, Klaus; Ziegler, Andreas - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2002
Dieses Papier betrachtet den Effekt der Umwelt- und Sozialperformance europäischer Unternehmen auf deren Shareholder Value. Der Shareholder Value wird dabei mit der durchschnittlichen monatlichen Aktienrendite zwischen 1996 und 2001 operationalisiert. Die Studie basiert auf zweistufigen...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098420
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The effects of corporate and country sustainability characteristics on the cost of debt: An international investigation
Hoepner, Andreas; Oikonomou, Ioannis; Scholtens, Bert; … - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014
We investigate the relationship between corporate and country sustainability on the cost of bank loans. We look into … operating in all major industries. Our principal findings reveal that country sustainability related to both social and … of one unit in country sustainability scores is associated with an average decrease in the costs of debt by 64 basis …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011095353