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Does energy policy hurt international competitiveness of firms? A comparative study for Germany, Switzerland and Austria
Rammer, Christian; Gottschalk, Sandra; Peneder, Michael; … - 2016
This paper investigates the impact of energy policies on the export performance of firms. There has been a long policy debate on potentially negative impacts of cost-increasing energy policies on international competitiveness. We use firm-level data from three countries with similar industry...
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Mass customization with additive manufacturing: Blessing or curse for society?
Schwierzy, Julian; Wenzel, Tobias - 2024
Additive Manufacturing (AM) enables mass customization and has thereby the potential to revolutionize traditional manufacturing. In this paper, we examine how the adoption of AM affects competition and welfare in traditionally standardized product markets. Analyzing a game-theoretical model of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014633277
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More money or better procedures? Evidence from an energy efficiency assistance program
Chlond, Bettina; Goeschl, Timo; Kesternich, Martin - 2022
We contribute to the literature on how program design affects program performance among vulnerable groups by studying the effects of varying the subsidy level and program procedures in an energy efficiency assistance program targeting low-income households in Germany. Eligible households...
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Adoption and diffusion of blockchain technology
Gschnaidtner, Christoph; Dehghan, Robert; Hottenrott, Hanna - 2024
A widespread approach to measuring the innovative capacity of companies, sectors, and regions is the analysis of patents and trademarks or the use of surveys. In emerging digital technologies this approach may, however, not be sufficient for mapping technology diffusion. This applies to...
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Evaluating the Impacts of Subsidies on Innovation Activities in Germany
Hujer, Reinhard; Radić, Dubravko - 2005
market mechanism. As a response, public instruments have been implemented to stimulate private innovation activities. The … Establishment Panel and apply various microeconometric methods to estimate the effect of public measures on innovation activities of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297450
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Persistence of Innovation: Stylised Facts and Panel Data Evidence
Peters, Bettina - 2005
This paper investigates whether firms innovate persistently or discontinuously over time using an innovation panel data … set on German manufacturing and service firms for the period 1994?2002. We find that innovation behaviour is permanent at … innovation experience, the results further highlight the important role of knowledge provided by skilled employees and unobserved …
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Export and innovation activities in the German service sector: empirical evidence at the firm level
Ebling, Günther; Janz, Norbert - 1999
In this paper we analyse the relationship between export and innovation activities of German service sector companies … using data from the 1997 wave of the Mannheim Innovation Panel in the Service Sector. There is a lot of support for the … Schumpeterian hypothesis of export activities being mainly driven by innovation activities. Factor endowment theories are only …
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The employment impact of cleaner production on the firm level: empirical evidence from a survey in five European countries
Rennings, Klaus; Zwick, Thomas - 2001
This paper analyses the determinants of employment reactions of firms when environmental innovations have been carried out. It differentiates hereby between employment increases and decreases. The data stem from a telephone survey covering more than 1500 firms in five European countries that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297743
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New technologies and the demand for medium qualified labour in Germany
Jacobebbinghaus, Peter; Zwick, Thomas - 2001
rich data set. The paper shows that innovation expenditures and investments in information and communication technologies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297747
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Gains and Pains from Contract Research: A Transaction and Firm-level Perspective
Kaiser, Ulrich; Grimpe, Christoph - 2008
outsourcing of R&D activities to contract research organizations and its implications for innovation performance. This paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297987