'relevant' firms. Our empirical results indeed show that the measure performs better than the standard measure in an innovation … and significant impact on innovation success. However, the knowledge spillovers appear to be localized: Spillovers from … particularly Switzerland itself. Moreover, the spillover effect on innovation performance decreases with increasing number of …

und Innovation (SBFI) im Rahmen einer kombinierten Papier- und Online-Umfrage die Innovationsaktivitäten und den …. Die Schweizer Innovationserhebung ist mit der Innovationserhebung der EU-Länder (dem Community Innovation Survey …

Switzerland is one of the most competitive countries in the world. Commercially successful innovation activities are an … essential part of this achievement. However, for two decades, Swiss innovation surveys have shown a significant decline in the … number of R&D active companies among all companies and of the proportion of companies reporting an innovation (product or …

-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. …

This paper analyzes the impact of technological diversity on innovation inputs and success using Swiss firm-level panel … applications as suggested by the literature. However, since patent applications reflect an intermediate innovation input rather …

innovation performance, addressing endogeneity by exploiting within firm variation as well as variation in labor supply across … regions. We find that vertical educational diversity increases the extensive margin of R&D and product innovation …, particularly new product innovation. However, the relationship with process innovation, R&D intensity, and product innovation …