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Leader strategies for motivating innovation in individuals: a systematic review
Soleas, Eleftherios K. - In: Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship 9 (2020) 1, pp. 1-28
Innovation is a topic of intense interest and is seen as key to confronting the vast majority of issues facing humanity …. To consolidate the knowledge about approaches promoting innovation, this study conducted a systematic review integrating … hindering factors. It is clear that there is an unbalanced primacy in the innovation literature in favor of business and …
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Innovation capability in SMEs: A systematic review of the literature
Saunila, Minna - In: Journal of Innovation & Knowledge (JIK) 5 (2020) 4, pp. 260-265
Despite the profusion of innovation reviews, there is lack of reviews of innovation capability in small business … context. There is a need to define the construct from a practical point of view by utilizing existing innovation research …. Thus, this study aims to enhance the understanding about the characteristics of innovation capability in small business …
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Multi-Period Optimization of the Refuelling Infrastructure for Alternative Fuel Vehicles
Böhle, Alexander - In: Junior Management Science (JUMS) 6 (2021) 4, pp. 790-825
Alternative fuel vehicles (AFV) are gaining increasing attention as a mean to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. One of the most critical barriers to the widespread adoption of AFVs is the lack of sufficient refuelling infrastructure. Although it is expected, that an adequate number of...
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Unbundling technology adoption and tfp at the firm level: Do intangibles matter?
Battisti, Michele; Belloc, Filippo; Del Gatto, Massimo - 2012
We use a panel of European firms to investigate the relationship between intangible assets and productivity. We disentangle between tfp and technology adoption, while available studies so far have considered only a notion of productivity conflating the two effects. To this aim, we estimate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294338
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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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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011582423
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Competitiveness and ecological impacts of green energy technologies: Firm-level evidence for the DACH region
Peneder, Michael; Arvanitis, Spyros; 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011853247
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Timing of technology adoption and product market competition
Milliou, Chrysovalantou; Petrakis, Emmanuel - 2009
This paper examines how product market competition affects firms' timing of adopting a new technology as well as whether the market provides sufficient adoption incentives. It shows that adoption dates differ not only among symmetric firms but also among markets with Cournot and Bertrand...
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Factors determining the adoption of energy-saving technologies in Swiss firms: An analysis based on micro data
Arvanitis, Spyros; Ley, Marius - 2010
This study investigates the factors that determine the inter-firm and intra-firm adoption rates of energy-saving technologies. These factors can be on theoretical terms firm-specific rank effects, inducement effects, adoption barriers as well as order, stock and epidemic effects that are related...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277754
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Angels or demons? Evidence on the impact of private equity firms on employment
Nathusius, Eva; Achleitner, Ann-Kristin - 2009
The impact of private equity firms on employment in their portfolio companies is a controversial topic widely discussed in academia and in practice in recent years. A large body of research has resulted from this debate. The studies are focused on different aspects of employment and are based on...
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