Industrial Innovation in Switzerland: A Model-based Analysis with Survey Data

The general objective of this study is to explain empirically the innovation behaviour of Swiss manufacturing firms, drawing on the main theoretical arguments put forward in industrial economics with respect to this subject. In this way, we hope to add to already available empirical knowledge on the innovation-generating activities of industrial firms in general and to identify the main characteristics of the Swiss pattern of innovation in particular. Comparisons with corresponding patterns in other countries might contribute significantly to a better understanding of the common as well as distinguishing aspects of innovation behaviour of private enterprises under different economic and institutional environments, a precondition for designing successfully innovation-related policy measures.

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