@techreport{Tauchmann2004organizational,
abstract = {In the German wastewater sector, innovations are often regarded to be the
key to both more efficient service provision and reduction of environmental
and health-related problems. However, it is unclear what factors foster these
innovations. One possible candidate factor is increased competition in this
sector and the entry of private service providers. So far, there is no empirical
evidence to answer the question of whether private firms are, in fact, more innovative
than others. To address this question, we conducted a survey among
German firms that provide wastewater services and estimated a structural
model to explain firms? innovativeness. Our results suggest that firm size improves
innovativeness; however, private service providers are not significantly
more innovative than providers operated by local governments.We conclude
that restructuring the sector to form larger units may foster innovative activities
even without any changes in the legal framework.},
author = {Harald Tauchmann and Hartmut Clausen},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {O31; L95; 330; Wastewater services; innovativeness; structural econometric model; Abwasserwirtschaft; Innovation; Privatwirtschaft; Kommunale Versorgungswirtschaft; Reorganisation; Betriebsgr\"{o}sse; Sch\"{a}tzung; Deutschland},
language = {eng},
number = {22},
title = {Do organizational forms matter? : An econometric analysis of innovativeness in the German wastewater sector},
type = {RWI Discussion Papers},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/18573},
year = {2004}
}
