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The interplay between product innovation, publishing, patenting and developing standards

Blind, Knut; Krieger, Bastian; Pellens, Maikel - 2022 - This version: May 2020

. While the individual effects of engaging in the listed practices on firm innovation are well-understood, the existing … sample of innovation-active firms from the German Community Innovation Survey, which includes information on the development … of standards, enhanced with information on firms' engagement in patenting and publishing. We find that 26% of innovation …

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Special issue: Innovation and regulation

Blind, Knut (contributor) - 2007

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The impact of the EU General Data Protection Regulation on innovation in firms

Blind, Knut; Niebel, Crispin Miles; Rammer, Christian - 2022

consensus on whether this new privacy regulation is beneficial or detrimental to innovation. This study provides empirical … evidence on the impact of the GDPR on innovation activities in firms. Exploiting panel data from the German innovation survey …, a difference-in-difference analysis shows that the GDPR stimulated additional innovation activity while shifting the …

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Cost-efficient pathways to decarbonizing Portland cement production

Glenk, Gunther; Kelnhofer, Anton; Meier, Rebecca; … - 2023

Accounting for nearly 8% of global annual carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, the cement industry is considered difficult to decarbonize. While a sizeable number of abatement levers for Portland cement production are technologically ready for deployment, many are still viewed as prohibitively...

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Intermittent versus dispatchable power sources : an integrated competitive assessment

Glenk, Gunther; Reichelstein, Stefan - 2021

The cost and revenue earnings potential of alternative power generation sources has shifted considerably in recent years. Here we introduce the concept of Levelized Profit Margins (LPM) to capture the changing unit economics of both intermittent and dispatchable generation technologies. We apply...

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Executive compensation tied to ESG performance : international evidence

Cohen, Shira; Kadach, Igor; Ormazabal, Gaizka; … - 2022

This paper examines the reliance on ESG metrics in executive compensation contracts. In our sample of international publicly traded firms, a rapidly growing fraction incorporate ESG metrics in the compensation schemes of their top executives. Our analysis links the reliance on these metrics to...

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Energy conversion and storage : the value of reversible power-to-gas systems

Glenk, Gunther; Reichelstein, Stefan - 2021

In the transition to decarbonized energy systems, Power-to-Gas (PtG) processes have the potential to connect the existing markets for electricity and hydrogen. Specifically, reversible PtG systems can convert electricity to hydrogen at times of ample power supply, yet they can also operate in...

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Are firms withdrawing from basic research? : an analysis of firm-level publication behaviour in Germany

Krieger, Bastian; Pellens, Maikel; Blind, Knut; … - 2020

Previous research has expressed concerns about firms engaging less in basic research. We contribute to this debate by studying trends in the scientific publishing activities of firms located in Germany. Our results do not confirm a declining trend in raw numbers with numbers indicating that...

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