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Global technology cycles and local economic performance

Heinrich, Sebastian; Sarferaz, Samad; Wörter, Martin - 2023

This paper studies the global synchronicity of technology and its impact on the economy. We employ dynamic factor analysis to decompose patent data in different digital technologies for various countries into global and country-specific factors. Our findings confirm the existence of global and...

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R&D decisions and productivity growth : evidence from Switzerland and the Netherlands

Dobbelaere, Sabien; König, Michael D.; Spescha, Andrin; … - 2023

-productivity firms in Switzerland. Innovation support sustains firms' R&D activities in both countries. Our structural growth model … identifies the impact of innovation, imitation and R&D costs on firms' R&D decisions. R&D costs gained importance in Switzerland … prioritize enhancing innovation and imitation success over cost reduction to boost productivity growth. …

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R&D decisions and productivity growth : evidence from Switzerland and the Netherlands

Dobbelaere, Sabien; König, Michael D.; Spescha, Andrin; … - 2024

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Competitiveness and ecological impacts of green energy technologies : firm-level evidence for the DACH region

Peneder, Michael; Arvanitis, Spyridon; Rammer, Christian; … - 2017

For a large sample of enterprises in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (the "DACH" region) we study the impact of policy instruments such as energy-related taxes, subsidies, standards and negotiated agreements, or other regulations on the firm's ecological and economic performance. To identify...

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Competitiveness and ecological impacts of green energy technologies : firm-level evidence for the DACH region

Arvanitis, Spyridon; Peneder, Michael; Rammer, Christian; … - 2016

For a large sample of enterprises in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (the "DACH"region) we study the impact of various policy instruments, such as energy related taxes, subsidies, regulations and standards or negotiated agreements on the firm's ecological and economic performance. To identify...

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Development and utilization of energy-related technologies, economic performance and the role of policy instruments

Arvanitis, Spyridon; Peneder, Michael; Rammer, Christian; … - 2016

distinguish clearly between adoption and use of energy-related technologies (process innovation in the broad sense) and product … innovation in energy-related fields. We take into consideration four energy-related policy instruments (and expected demand for … adoption or innovation by interacting adoption and innovation variables with policy instrument dummies. We test our hypotheses …

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The decision to adopt internet-based e-commerce : an empirical analysis based on Swiss firm-level data

Hollenstein, Heinz (contributor); … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

The paper aims at explaining empirically the diffusion of E-commerce based on two largescale sample surveys conducted in the Swiss economy. The paper adds to previous work in two ways: firstly, we estimate separate models for E-selling and E-purchasing, and, secondly, we distinguish between...

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The (anti-)competitive effect of intellectual property rights

Peneder, Michael; Thompson, Mark; Wörter, Martin - 2019

We test whether intellectual property rights (IPRs) foster or hinder innovation by estimating IV structural equations …

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The (anti-)competitive effect of intellectual property rights

Peneder, Michael; Thompson, Mark; Wörter, Martin - 2019

We test whether intellectual property rights foster or hinder innovation by estimating IV structural equations for a …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011990262

Intra-firm diffusion of green energy technologies and the choice of policy instruments

Stucki, Tobias; Wörter, Martin - 2016

Environmental benefits only unfold if green (environmentally friendly) technologies are widely diffused and intensively deployed within a firm. We investigate how different types of policies - directly and in combination - affect the number of different green energy technologies adopted by a...

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