We study the effects of a field experiment designed to motivate employee ideas, at a large technology company. Employees were encouraged to submit ideas on process and product improvements via an online system. In the experiment, the company randomized 19 account teams into treatment and control...

This paper analyses two aspects of environmental regulations triggered by ecoinnovations. First, whether there are long term effects of regulation on innovation. Second, whether the impact of different types of regulation differ by type of the environmental benefit of the innovations. To answer...

Die Eignung von Lenkungsabgaben zur Stimulierung umweltfreundlicher Innovationen wird nach wie vor kontrovers diskutiert. Während preisliche Anreize in der traditionellen Umweltökonomik als entscheidende Voraussetzung für Innovationen gelten, finden sich auch kritische Stimmen, die...