Showing 1 - 10 of 20,296
The purpose of this research is to evaluate the impact of vertical unbundling on German electric utilities. Our research mainly relies on in-depth interviews with sector-experts from the German utilities. We will discuss both short-term changes and the long-term impact on competition in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010423531
rapid innovation cycle. Nonetheless, we are able to identify functions that enable rich interactions among consumers and … Applications (RIAs). Their constant innovation implies that they develop from baseline communications channels to applications that … strive for framework conditions that enable or even better facilitate innovation as well as dynamic competition. Ultimately …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011778592
The German response to the Fukushima nuclear power plant incident was possibly the most significant change of policy towards nuclear power outside Japan, leading to a sudden and very significant shift in the underlying power generation structure in Germany. This provides a very useful natural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010388537
dynamics. We investigate this reallocation in terms of employment gains and losses from innovation. New employment created by … product innovation may be offset by employment losses in related products, known as 'cannibalisation' or 'business stealing …' effects in the literature, by employment losses from process and organisational innovation and by general productivity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011563084
dynamics. We investigate this reallocation in terms of employment gains and losses from innovation. New employment created by … product innovation may be offset by employment losses in related products, known as ‘cannibalisation’ or ‘business stealing …’ effects in the literature, by employment losses from process and organisational innovation and by general productivity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014124162
Accounting for network operators' heterogeneity is of crucial importance for regulators. In contrast to observed heterogeneity, the consideration of unobserved differences is far more challenging. Most estimation models try to account for unobserved factors that impact the network operators'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012628860
incentive regulation and efficiency benchmarking in electricity distribution industries and provides valuable insights for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012423420
's implementation of incentive regulation in 2009 has a negative impact on total investment, and that firms increase their investments … with the German data. The results show that investments increase after incentive regulation, and that the institutional … specific heterogeneity. It should further include all institutional aspects of incentive regulation to design incentives that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011373911
subject to a lower powered regulation mechanism. The difference is particularly significant (about 7%) for firms in the upper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012899944
used to determine future prices when subject to a lower-powered regulation mechanism. The difference is particularly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011971656