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Inter- and intra-firm diffusion of technology: the example of e-commerce : an analysis based on Swiss firm-level data

Hollenstein, Heinz (contributor); … - 2007

The paper aims at a joint analysis of inter-firm and intra-firm diffusion of technology, taking as an example E-selling and E-purchasing. The analysis is based on an encompassing model of diffusion, drawn from the literature, which is extended by considering technology-specific obstacles and...

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Determinants of the adoption of information and communication technologies (ICT) : an empirical analysis based on firm-level data for the Swiss business sector

Hollenstein, Heinz (contributor) - 2002 - [Elektronische Ressource]

The paper investigates empirically the decision of firms to adopt Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) based on a comprehensive specification of a "rank model" of technology adoption (complemented by "epidemic effects") using firm-level data for the Swiss business sector. The...

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Research and development as an initiator of fixed kapital investment

Spescha, Andrin; Wörter, Martin - 2016

This paper investigates the causal relationship between firms' research and development expenditures (R&D) and their investments into fixed capital. The literature provides two contrasting views in this respect. The first view holds that a firm's research activity causes, via the creation of...

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From knowledge to added value : a comparative, panel-data analysis of the innovation value chain in Irish and Swiss manufacturing firms

Roper, Stephen; Arvanitis, Spyridon - 2009

Ireland and Switzerland. Both economies are small, very open and depend significantly on innovation to maintain competitive … advantage. In recent years, however, R&D and innovation growth in Ireland has been markedly stronger than that in Switzerland …-economic evidence. -- Innovation ; value chain ; Switzerland ; Ireland …

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Competition and R&D cooperation with universities and competitors

Bolliger, Thomas; Wörter, Martin - 2011

This paper analyzes the relationship between competition and R&D cooperation with universities and competitors. Our simple model predicts that more competitors reduce the incentives for horizontal cooperation as it diminishes the gains from "collusion". Assuming that the value of synergies and...

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Firm characteristics and the cyclicality of R&D investments

Arvanitis, Spyridon; Wörter, Martin - 2011

Aim of this study is to combine micro-aspects of firm behaviour with macro-aspects of business development and identify market conditions (for example, price competition) and firm characteristics (for example, type of R&D partners) that enable a firm to have a procyclical, anti-cyclical or...

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Technological diversification and innovation performance

Bolli, Thomas; Wörter, Martin - 2013

This paper analyzes the impact of technological diversity on innovation inputs and success using Swiss firm-level panel data. While we do not find any impact of diversity on R&D intensity, we confirm a positive impact of diversity on patent applications as suggested by the literature. However,...

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Openness and innovation - home and export demand effects on manufacturing innovation : panel data evidence for Ireland and Switzerland

Wörter, Martin; Roper, Stephen - 2008

panel data for two small open economies - Ireland and Switzerland. Our analysis is based on the estimation of reduced form … predominate. -- Innovation ; demand ; Ireland ; Switzerland …

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Inter and intra firm diffusion of ICT in the United Kingdom (UK) and Switzerland (CH) : an internationally comparative study based on firm-level data

Battisti, Giuliana; Hollenstein, Heinz; Stoneman, Paul; … - 2005

UK and Switzerland. This allows one to address many of the problems that have prevented general conclusions on the … Switzerland, probably as a result of their differing diffusion stages. Besides, the importance of new organisational and …

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Strategies pursued by Swiss firms in investing in R&D at foreign locations an empirical analysis based on firm-level data

Hollenstein, Heinz (contributor) - 2006

The aim of this paper is twofold: Firstly, we try to identify and characterise different types of strategies firms pursue in performing foreign R&D. Secondly, it is analysed whether the types of R&D strategies we identified in the first part differ in terms of their impact on firm productivity....

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