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Does Partner Type Matter in R&D Collaboration for Environmental Innovation?
In the literature on environmental innovations R&D collaborations have been identified as a critical determinant of a firm's environmental innovation performance. However, the literature suggests that R&D collaboration is not always beneficial. Therefore, a more elaborated analysis of the effects of R&D collaborations on a firm's environmental innovation performance is necessary. This paper investigates the impact of R&D collaborations with different partner types such as customers, competitors, suppliers, universities, governmental research institutes, consultants and other firms within the same firm group on a firm's environmental innovation performance. In addition, this paper addresses the question of whether the diversity of R&D collaboration partners is important for the environmental innovation performance. Firm-level data from 2,337 German service and manufacturing firms are used in the regression analysis. The results suggest that R&D collaboration with suppliers, customers, universities, governmental research institutes, consultants and other firms within the same firm group has a significantly positive impact on a firm's environmental innovation performance, whereas collaboration with competitors has no significant impact. The diversity of R&D collaboration partners has a significantly positive impact on a firm's environmental innovation performance.
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: IWH Discussion Papers ; No. 5/2013
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
Management of Technological Innovation and R&D
- Subject
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R&D
collaboration
environment
innovation
F&E
Kooperation
Umwelt
Innovation
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Pippel, Gunnar
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
- (who)
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Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle (IWH)
- (where)
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Halle (Saale)
- (when)
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2013
- Handle
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:gbv:3:2-22448
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Pippel, Gunnar
- Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle (IWH)
Time of origin
- 2013
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