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The Effects of Environmental Regulation on Technology Diffusion: The Case of Chlorine Manufacturing

Snyder, Lori; Miller, Nolan; Stavins, Robert - 2003

technology in the chlorine manufacturing industry. We estimate the effect of regulation on both the adoption of the membrane … did affect the diffusion of the cleaner technology in the chlorine industry. However, it did so not by encouraging the … adoption of membrane cells by existing facilities, but by reducing the demand for chlorine and hence encouraging the shutdown …

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Parting with "blue monday": Preferences in home production and consumer responses to innovations

Witt, Ulrich; Woersdorfer, Julia Sophie - 2011

How can economic theory explain the reasons why consumers adopt innovations? Using the example of innovations in washing machines two approaches are compared. The first focuses in the manner of household production theory on changes in constraints without specifying preferences, leading to the...

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The effects of emissions standards on industry in the short run and long run

Farzin, Y. H. - 2000

Industrialists often claim that, by rendering firms unprofitable and hence forcing them out of business, stricter emissions standards reduce the industry output and competition. This paper considers situations where firms' pollution reduction increases the industry demand, but because of...

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Selbstselektion statt Personalauswahl? Auslandsentsendungen in der deutschen chemischen Industrie

Minssen, Heiner; Schmidt, Susanne - In: Zeitschrift für Personalforschung (ZfP) 22 (2008) 3, pp. 228-248

Am Beispiel der deutschen chemischen Industrie, einer mittelständisch, aber international orientierten Branche untersuchen wir, in welchem Umfang bei der Abwicklung internationaler Aktivitäten auf Auslandsentsendungen zurückgegriffen wird. Wir zeigen, dass dies deutlich seltener geschieht,...

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Cost competitiveness of Chinese and Finnish chemical industries

Li, Enjing; Suni, Paavo; Zhao, Yanyun - 2008

This study focuses on the labour cost competitiveness of the chemical industries in China and Finland in particular, using the corresponding German, the US and Estonian industries as a point of comparison in the early 2000s. This study deepens the analysis of the earlier study of the cost...

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A Triptych Inquiry: Rethinking Sustainability, Innovation, and Financial Performance

Busch, Timo; Stinchfield, Bryan T.; Wood, Matthew S. - 2011

Management scholars have sought to answer the question: is there a financial payoff for ad-dressing ecological and social issues? We move beyond this question and include a time com-ponent for corporate financial performance (CFP) and a firm’s innovativeness in order to ask: when does it pay?...

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The role of demand in innovation: A lead market analysis for high-tech industries in the EU-25

Cleff, Thomas; Grimpe, Christoph; Rammer, Christian - 2007

This document presents an indicator-based methodology that attempts to approximate the Lead Market attributes of EU-25 countries for four high-tech industries. A Lead Market is defined as a country where users prefer and demand a specific innovation design that not only appeals to domestic...

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Diffusion processes on complex networks

Švarcová, Natálie; Švarc, Petr - 2009

In this paper we apply agent-based methodology on an issue that is fundamental for economic prosperity and growth: the diffusion of innovations. The diffusion of innovations is one of the topics where agent-based simulation is an extremely fruitful method allowing not only the observation of...

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Artificial Intelligence and the clustering of human capital: The risks for Europe

Brey, Björn; Van der Marel, Erik - 2023

Europe trails the global frontier of productivity growth and the region's trend is sluggish. Much prospective economic growth for Europe is likely to come from AI and its adoption by European firms which is projected to shoot up the productivity trend. For such AI-generated growth to work, high...

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Will imitators follow pioneer consumers in the adoption of solar thermal systems? Empirical evidence for North-West Germany

Wörsdorfer, Julia Sophie; Kaus, Wolfhard - 2010

In Germany, solar thermal systems (STS) have only diffused to a minor extent yet. This paper analyzes, which demand side factors are decisive for the further proliferation of this environmentally benign technology. Making use of a consumer survey in North-West Germany in 2007, we examine the...

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