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...

Unternehmen in der Schweiz gehören nach wie vor zu den Innovationsstärksten der Welt. Allerdings hat die Innovationstätigkeit - zumindest bei einigen Indikatoren - seit der Periode 2000 - 02 nachgelassen. Dies zeigen die Ergebnisse der 10. Innovationserhebung zur Schweizer Wirtschaft für die...

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...