Die Innovationsleistung Schweizer Unternehmen im Zeitverlauf

Spyros Arvanitis, Florian Seliger (), Andrin Spescha (), Tobias Stucki and Martin Wörter ()
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Florian Seliger: KOF Swiss Economic Institute, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, http://www.kof.ethz.ch
Andrin Spescha: KOF Swiss Economic Institute, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, http://www.kof.ethz.ch
Martin Wörter: KOF Swiss Economic Institute, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, http://www.kof.ethz.ch
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KOF Analysen, 2017, vol. 11, issue 1, 77-87

Abstract: Firms in Switzerland are among the most innovative firms in the world. However, for some indicators their innovation activities have been decreasing over time. Negative trends can be observed for the share of firms with Research and Development activities (R&D) and for the share of firms that develop innovations. In contrast, innovation success – measured by the sales share with innovative products, has increased. This is due to an increase in the sales share with "firm novelties" (in contrast to "market novelties"), i.e. improvements with a relatively low degree of innovativeness. The most important impediments for innovation activities are high innovation costs and too long amortization. Small firms with less than 50 employees are more often complaining about a lack of equity than large firms. In sum, impediments have decreased in importance in the perception of many firms - despite an overall decline in innovation activities.

Keywords: Innovation activities; innovation policy; longitudinal analysis; innovation impediments (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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