Das Ziel dieser Arbeit besteht darin, die Determinanten des technischen Fortschritts theoretisch zu bestimmen und empirisch für die Schweiz zu schätzen. Auf der theoretischen Ebene besteht unter Ökonomen zunehmend Einigkeit darüber, dass der technische Fortschritt ein ökonomisches Phänomen...

The underlying theoretical assumption of this paper is that if firms can imitate an innovation at a cost that is substantially below the cost of the innovator to carry out the innovation, there may be little or no incentive to carry out the innovation. Cost and time required for imitating new...

The aim of this study was to empirically investigate the sources of technological opportunitiesas one of the major determinants of technical progress at the industry level - using data from Switzerland. This question was looked at from the perspective of Swiss industry as a whole, as well as...

R&D spillovers are, potentially, a major source of endogenous growth in various recent "new growthJ theory" models. The purpose of this paper is to investigate empirically the effectiveness of various channels of R&D spillovers. The analysis is based on a survey conducted among 358 Swiss R&D...

Interfirm cooperative R&D agreements are becoming more frequent, as firms seek to avoid market failures and exploit the competitive advantages of collaborating vertically with suppliers on the one hand and customers on the other. This paper investigates the phenomenon of vertical R&D linkages in...

Die heutige intensive Auseinandersetzung mit dem Fragenkomplex "technischer Fortschritt" hat verschiedene historische Wurzeln und entstammt verschiedenen Forschungsrichtungen. Technischer Fortschritt wird heute von den meisten Ökonomen als ökonomisches Phänomen anerkannt, dem volle...

The surge in interfirm cooperative agreements can be seen as expressing a way for firms to respond to and to organize market failure, especially in technology markets. The incentives of firms to internalize activities are to avoid the disadvantages, or capitalize on the advantages, of...

The purpose of this paper is to investigate empirically the effectiveness of alternative mechanisms of protecting the competitive advantages of new or improved products and processes. The analysis is based on I survey I conducted among 358 firms in 127 different (four-digit) industries in...

This paper views the economic growth experience in Morocco from the perspective of private firms. Using models of optimal firm size as a theoretical framework, the paper analyzes empirically the factors affecting the growth process of Moroccan private firms. The analysis is based on a field...

Ecological innovations have increasingly been seen as a major response to environmental problems. An important question for both economic research and public policy is whether these innovations also increase employment or not (the question of a double dividend). The purpose of this paper is to...