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Global technology cycles and local economic performance
Heinrich, Sebastian; Sarferaz, Samad; Wörter, Martin - 2023
This paper studies the global synchronicity of technology and its impact on the economy. We employ dynamic factor analysis to decompose patent data in different digital technologies for various countries into global and country-specific factors. Our findings confirm the existence of global and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014279279
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R&D decisions and productivity growth : evidence from Switzerland and the Netherlands
Dobbelaere, Sabien; König, Michael D.; Spescha, Andrin; … - 2023
-productivity firms in Switzerland. Innovation support sustains firms' R&D activities in both countries. Our structural growth model … identifies the impact of innovation, imitation and R&D costs on firms' R&D decisions. R&D costs gained importance in Switzerland … prioritize enhancing innovation and imitation success over cost reduction to boost productivity growth. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014446430
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Global technology cycles and local economic performance
Heinrich, Sebastian; Sarferaz, Samad; Wörter, Martin - 2023
This paper studies the global synchronicity of technology and its impact on the economy. We employ dynamic factor analysis to decompose patent data in different digital technologies for various countries into global and country-specific factors. Our findings confirm the existence of global and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014374599
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R&D decisions and productivity growth: Evidence from Switzerland and the Netherlands
Dobbelaere, Sabien; König, Michael D.; Spescha, Andrin; … - 2023
-productivity firms in Switzerland. Innovation support sustains firms' R&D activities in both countries. Our structural growth model … identifies the impact of innovation, imitation and R&D costs on firms' R&D decisions. R&D costs gained importance in Switzerland … prioritize enhancing innovation and imitation success over cost reduction to boost productivity growth. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014469854
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Competitiveness and ecological impacts of green energy technologies : firm-level evidence for the DACH region
Peneder, Michael; Arvanitis, Spyridon; 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/10011742717
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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/10011573225
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Development and utilization of energy-related technologies, economic performance and the role of policy instruments
Arvanitis, Spyridon; Peneder, Michael; Rammer, Christian; … - 2016
distinguish clearly between adoption and use of energy-related technologies (process innovation in the broad sense) and product … innovation in energy-related fields. We take into consideration four energy-related policy instruments (and expected demand for … adoption or innovation by interacting adoption and innovation variables with policy instrument dummies. We test our hypotheses …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011573244
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The decision to adopt internet-based e-commerce: An empirical analysis based on Swiss firm-level data
Hollenstein, Heinz; Wörter, Martin - 2004
The paper aims at explaining empirically the diffusion of E-commerce based on two largescale sample surveys conducted in the Swiss economy. The paper adds to previous work in two ways: firstly, we estimate separate models for E-selling and E-purchasing, and, secondly, we distinguish between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010285915
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The decision to adopt internet-based e-commerce : an empirical analysis based on Swiss firm-level data
Hollenstein, Heinz (contributor);  … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
The paper aims at explaining empirically the diffusion of E-commerce based on two largescale sample surveys conducted in the Swiss economy. The paper adds to previous work in two ways: firstly, we estimate separate models for E-selling and E-purchasing, and, secondly, we distinguish between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002202981
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Exploration or exploitation of knowledge from universities: Does it make a difference?
Arvanitis, Spyridon; Wörter, Martin - 2012
universities and tested them on Swiss firm data. In a second step, we investigated the impact on innovation performance of …-oriented firms. We further found a positive effect on innovation performance for exploration-oriented firms but not for those that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319708