Based on a comprehensive data set comprising 13 countries, 22 industries and a period of 30 years we investigate the impact of internal and external knowledge pools of both green and ‘other than green’ technologies on green patent activities. It turned out that the internal green knowledge...

Based on patent data and industry specific energy prices for 18 OECD countries over 30 years we investigate on an industry level the impact of energy prices on green innovation activities. Our econometric models show that energy prices and green innovation activities are positively related and...

In dieser Studie untersuchen wir das «Potenzial von Cleantech-Produkten» für die Schweiz im internationalen Vergleich. Die Studie ist in zwei Teile gegliedert. Im ersten, weit - gehend deskriptiven Teil wird anhand von Patentdaten analysiert, wie die Schweiz im Cleantech- Bereich im...

Das Wachstum der Schweizer Wirtschaft wird längerfristig durch die Innovationsleistung der Unternehmen stark beeinflusst. Um diese beurteilen zu können, führt die KOF der ETH Zürich seit 1990 regelmässig Erhebungen bei rund 6000 Firmen durch. Wir präsentieren hier Resultate zu folgenden...

Die Entwicklung der schweizerischen Volkswirtschaft seit 1991 ist gekennzeichnet durch ein im internationalen Vergleich überdurchschnittliches Wachstum des Sektors, welcher der internationalen Konkurrenz ausgesetzt ist, und dabei vor allem der wissensintensiven Branchen, sowie ein ebenfalls...

Based on a comprehensive data set comprising 13 countries, 22 industries and a period of 30 years we investigate the impact of internal and external knowledge pools of both green and other than green technologies on green patent activities. It turned out that the internal green knowledge stock...

Based on patent data and industry specific energy prices for 18 OECD countries over 30 years we investigate on an industry level the impact of energy prices on green innovation activities. Our econometric models show that energy prices and green innovation activities are positively related and...

In this paper, we investigate, based on a representative sample of Swiss and German firms, the impact of foreign green energy related policies on domestic innovation activities. Under control of the respective domestic policy stringency, we find a significant positive effect of foreign...

While recent literature has focused on explaining the determinants of green innovations, it is not well understood how such innovations affect performance. To analyse the relationship between green innovation and performance, new industry-level panel data were exploited: these include 12 OECD...

Based on patent data and industry specific energy prices for 18 OECD countries over 30 years we investigate on an industry level the impact of energy prices on green innovation activities. Our econometric models show that energy prices and green innovation activities are positively related and...