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Green innovations and organizational change: Making better use of environmental technology
Hottenrott, Hanna; Rexhäuser, Sascha; Veugelers, Reinhilde - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2012
The literature on within-firm organizational change and productivity suggests that firms can make more efficient use of certain technologies if complementary forms of organization are adopted. This issue may be of even greater importance for the case of greenhouse gas (GHG) abatement...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010985629
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Innovative firms or innovative owners? : determinants of innovation in micro, small, and medium enterprises
De Mel, Suresh J. - 2009
, large, representative survey from Sri Lanka to test this model and to examine whether and how owner characteristics matter … for innovation. The survey also allows analysis of the incidence of innovation in micro and small firms, which have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394228
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Industry-science connections in agriculture: Do public science collaborations and knowledge flows contribute to firm-level agricultural research productivity?
Toole, Andrew A.; King, John L. - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2011
Prior research shows long-run productivity growth in agriculture is associated with increases in the stock of public scientific knowledge and private patented inventions. However, private inventions may be a function of the stock of public knowledge. In this paper, we examine the possibility...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009369494
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The design paradox: the contribution of in-house and external design activities on product market performance
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Thorwarth, Susanne - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2009
This paper explores the contribution of design activities on product market performance of Belgian companies. While there is mounting evidence that design can be seen as a strategic tool to successfully spur sales of new product developments at the firm level, the topic of design innovation has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008479051
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Publicly Funded R&D Collaborations and Patent Outcome in Germany
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Fier, Andreas - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2003
publicly sponsored R&D consortia exhibit a higher propensity to patent than firms in non-sponsored networks. Especially SMEs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097510
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The Relationship between R&D Collaboration, Subsidies and Patenting Activity: Empirical Evidence from Finland and Germany
Fier, Andreas; Ebersberger, Bernd; Czarnitzki, Dirk - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2006
This study focuses on the impact of innovation policies and R&D collaboration in Germany and Finland. We consider … collaboration and subsidies as heterogeneous treatments, and perform an econometric matching to analyze R&D and patent activity at … the firm level. In general, we find that collaboration has positive effects. In Germany, subsidies for individual research …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097891
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The Relationship between R&D Collaboration, Subsidies and Patenting Activity: Empirical Evidence from Finland and Germany
Ebersberger, Bernd; Czarnitzki, Dirk; Fier, Andreas - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2004
This study focuses on the impact of innovation policies and R&D collaboration in Germany and Finland. We consider … collaboration and subsidies as heterogeneous treatments, and perform an econometric matching to analyze patent activity at the firm … level. In general, we find that collaboration has positive effects. In Germany, subsidies for individual research do not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098041
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Women on the board and executive duration: Evidence for European listed firms
Buchwald, Achim; Hottenrott, Hanna - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2015
The participation of women in top-level corporate boards (or rather the lack of it) is subject to intense public debate. Several countries are considering legally binding quotas to increase the share of women on boards. Indeed, research on board diversity suggests positive effects of gender...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011203170
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Enterprise systems and labor productivity: disentangling combination effects
Engelstätter, Benjamin - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2009
This study analyzes the relationship between the three main enterprise systems (Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Supply Chain Management (SCM), Customer Relationship Management (CRM)) and labor productivity. It reveals the performance gains due to different combinations of these systems. It...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005027061
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Determinants of eco-innovations by type of environmental impact. The role of regulatory push/pull, technology push and market pull
Horbach, Jens; Rammer, Christian; Rennings, Klaus - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2011
Community Innovation Survey conducted in 2009. The main purpose of the paper is to test whether different types of eco …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009003576