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...

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...

Die KOF Konjunkturforschungsstelle der ETH Zürich untersuchte im Auftrag des Staatssekretariats für Bildung, Forschung und Innovation (SBFI) im Rahmen einer kombinierten Papier- und Online-Umfrage die Innovationsaktivitäten und den Digitalisierungsgrad der Schweizer Wirtschaft. Somit erheben...

In this paper, we investigate, based on a representative sample of Swiss and German firms, the impact of foreign green energy related policies on domestic innovation activities. Under control of the respective domestic policy stringency, we find a significant positive effect of foreign...

This report presents a comprehensive empirical investigation as to how exchange rate movements affect the size, investment, research and development activities, innovation driven production cost reductions, measured performance and the survival of Swiss firms. More specifically, the research...

This paper investigates how the macroeconomic business cycle impacts the empirical relation between firms' innovations and their sales growth rates. Based on firm-level panel data over the time period 1995-2014, the paper finds no visible sales growth differentials between firms in booming...