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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
another important source for eco-innovations, particularly with regard to products with improved environmental performance and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009003576
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The impact of regulation-driven environmental innovation on innovation success and firm performance
Rennings, Klaus; Rammer, Christian - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2010
The impact of environmental innovations on firm performance is ambiguous. On the one hand, regulatory …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008694120
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Unmasking the Porter hypothesis: Environmental innovations and firm-profitability
Rexhäuser, Sascha; Rammer, Christian - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2011
We examine impacts of different types of environmental innovations on firm profits. Following Porter's (1991) hypothesis that environmental regulation can improve firms' competitiveness we distinguish regulation induced and voluntary environmental innovations. We find that innovations which...
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Increasing energy and resource efficiency through innovation: an explorative analysis using innovation survey data
Rennings, Klaus; Rammer, Christian - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2009
the environmental performance of firms. It is thus worth asking how the innovation activities and performance of firms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008533543
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Innovation, competition and incentives for R&D
Wörter, Martin; Rammer, Christian; Arvanitis, Spyros - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2010
This paper analyses the relationship between past innovation output, competition, and future innovation input in a dynamic econometric setting. We distinguish two dimensions of competition that correspond to the concepts of product substitutability and entry barriers due to fixed costs. Based on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008568594
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Resource allocation flexibility for innovation performance: The effects of breadth, uncertainty, and selectiveness
Klingebiel, Ronald; Rammer, Christian - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2011
Our study shows empirically that the choice of resource allocation strategy affects innovation performance. A policy of … project. We find further indication that the performance effect of breadth increases with commercial uncertainty. It is also …, we theorize that breadth increases performance as it spreads a firm's bets on unproven innovative endeavors, and more so …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009646601
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Auswirkungen der Wirtschaftskrise auf die Innovationstätigkeit der Unternehmen in Deutschland
Rammer, Christian - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2011
Die schwere Wirtschaftskrise 2008/09 hatte substanzielle Auswirkungen auf die Innovationstätigkeit der deutschen Wirtschaft. Die Umsatz- und Gewinneinbußen führten zu einem kräftigen Rückgang der Innovationsausgaben. Davon waren primär Investitionen für neue Produkte und verbesserte...
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The impact on innovation off-shoring on organizational adaptability
Baier, Elisabeth; Rammer, Christian; Schuber, Torben - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013
We analyze the effects of captive off-shoring of innovation activities on the firms' ability to adapt their organizational processes and structures. Starting from complexity theory, we use three consecutive waves of the German part of the Community Innovation Survey to test our hypotheses. We...
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Innovation budgeting over the business cycle and innovation performance
Hud, Martin; Rammer, Christian - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2015
innovation budgets during the most recent economic crisis on firms' post-crisis innovation performance. Based on firm-level panel …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011269125
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Innovation Success of Non-R&D-Performers: Substituting Technology by Management in SMEs
Spielkamp, Alfred; Czarnitzki, Dirk; Rammer, Christian - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2008
This paper investigates the impact of in-house R&D and innovation management practices on innovation success in small and medium-sized firms (SMEs). While there is little doubt about the significance of technology competence for generating successful innovations, inhouse R&D activities may be a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097673