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How clean is clean? : incremental versus radical technological change in coal-fired power plants
Rennings, Klaus; Markewitz, Peter; Vögele, Stefan - 2009
(PPCC) as a radical innovation and supercritical coal-fired power plants as an incremental innovation are compared. An ex … sector of large-scale power plants is that an innovation is more likely to succeed the more it follows established …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003835112
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Does skill-biased technical change diffuse internationally?
Schulte, Patrick - 2015
This paper studies the question whether skill-biased technical change diffuses internationally and that way contributes to the increasing relative skill demand in other countries. So far, the role of skill-biased technology diffusion has hardly been studied empirically. Using new sectoral data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011418759
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South-North convergence from a new perspective
Hübler, Michael - 2013
This North-South model of Schumpeterian endogenous growth combines a market, productivity and knowledge effect. A set of various convergent and divergent growth paths is derived that is much richer than in the literature so far. South-North convergence based on North-South technology diffusion...
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Does the stick make the carrot more attractive? : state mandates and uptake of renewable heating technologies
Achtnicht, Martin; Germeshausen, Robert; Graevenitz, … - 2017 - Version: 8 December 2017
In this paper, we investigate the effect of the state-level renewable heating mandate for existing homes in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany's third largest federal state. The mandate requires homeowners to supply at least 10 % of their heat demand with renewable energy when they replace their...
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Sources of spillovers for imitation and innovation
Cappellin, Riccardo; Czarnitzki, Dirk; Kraft, Kornelius - 2013
market (innovation). It turns out that spillovers from rivals lead to more imitation, while inputs from customers and … research institutions enhance original innovation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009787404
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The design paradox : the contribution of in-house and external design activities on product market performance
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Thorwarth, Susanne - 2009
developments at the firm level, the topic of design innovation has not been linked to the open innovation concept yet. In this … Innovation ; Product Market Performance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003893121
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Innovationsaktivitäten von kmU im verarbeitenden Gewerbe : was zeichnet Imitatoren und originäre Innovatoren aus?
Zimmermann, Volker - 2003
the innovation process. Markets with high competition also force enterprises to produce imitative innovations but give …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011448648
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Absorptive capacity - one size fits all? : A firm-level analysis of absorptive capacity for different kinds of knowledge
Schmidt, Tobias (contributor) - 2005
from research institutions. Using data from the German innovation survey we investigate how firms are able to exploit … knowledge from external partners for successful innovation activities. The estimation results show that the determinants of … absorptive capacity differ with respect to the type of knowledge absorbed for innovation activities. In particular we find that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003181057
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Knowledge flows, R&D spillovers and innovation
Peri, Giovanni (contributor) - 2003
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Energy transition in Germany and regional spillovers : what triggers the diffusion of renewable energy in firms?
Horbach, Jens; Rammer, Christian - 2017
a unique database combining the Community Innovation Survey 2014 for Germany and NUTS 3 data on renewable energy plants … regulation, government subsidies for eco-innovation, high energy costs and regional knowledge spillovers contribute to a rapid …
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