One of the main goals of the "Energy Strategy 2050" in Switzerland is the exploitation of the existing energy efficiency potentials. The size of the efficiency potential strongly depends on the development and the adoption of energy-related innovations. The objective of this project is to...

Der vorliegende Bericht untersucht den Stand und die Entwicklungen im Bereich des Wissens und Technologietransfers (WTT) zwischen Hochschulen1 und der Privatwirtschaft in der Schweiz. Dabei werden verschiedene Indikatoren und Transfermechanismen analysiert, um den Status quo zu bewerten und...

This paper investigates the causal effect of funding research and development (R&D) cooperation with public universities on the performance of firms. We use comprehensive firm-level panel data from Switzerland that spans from 2010 to 2022 and covers a broad set of variables including the...

This paper investigates the causal relationship between firms' research and development expenditures (R&D) and their investments into fixed capital. The literature provides two contrasting views in this respect. The first view holds that a firm's research activity causes, via the creation of...