Feser, Daniel

[["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","62"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","1"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Journal of the Knowledge Economy"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","80"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","9"],["dc.contributor.author","Feser, Daniel"],["dc.contributor.author","Proeger, Till"],["dc.date.accessioned","2019-07-26T09:46:32Z"],["dc.date.available","2019-07-26T09:46:32Z"],["dc.date.issued","2015"],["dc.description.abstract","Knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) constitute a major source of innovative knowledge for small- and medium-sized enterprises. In regional innovation systems, KIBS play a crucial role in distributing innovations and improving the region’s overall innovative capacities. While the specific properties and effects on client firms and sectors have been comprehensively discussed, the internal perspective of client firms, i.e., the processes and problems in selecting, using, evaluating, and recommending KIBS, has been neglected to date. Using a qualitative approach, we describe the internal mechanisms and problems of SMEs cooperating with various KIBS and discuss the implications for regional innovation systems from a policy-making perspective. We find that all stages of cooperation of SMEs and KIBS are characterized by strong information asymmetries, distrust, and uncertainty about the effects of using external know-how, which yields the interpretation that SMEs perceive KIBS as credence goods. While informal networks are used to reduce information barriers, they regularly prove counterproductive by disseminating worst-case examples. Regional policy aiming at developing instruments for fostering innovative cooperation could thus strengthen formal networks that primarily create trust between KIBS and SMEs to systematically reduce mutual suspicions and information asymmetries."],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1007/s13132-015-0320-1"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/62081"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.relation.issn","1868-7865"],["dc.relation.issn","1868-7873"],["dc.title","Knowledge-Intensive Business Services as Credence Goods—a Demand-Side Approach"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]

[["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","133"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","2"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Zeitschrift für Energiewirtschaft"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","145"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","39"],["dc.contributor.author","Feser, Daniel"],["dc.contributor.author","Proeger, Till"],["dc.contributor.author","Bizer, Kilian"],["dc.date.accessioned","2018-10-16T15:09:22Z"],["dc.date.available","2018-10-16T15:09:22Z"],["dc.date.issued","2015"],["dc.description.abstract","Die Sanierungsrate bei energetischen Gebäudesanierungen im Wohnsektor ist mit nur einem Prozent sehr niedrig und stagniert seit einigen Jahren. Um die Ziele der Bundesregierung in Bezug auf die Reduktion des CO2-Ausstoßes, zu erreichen, die einen annähernd klimaneutralen Gebäudebestand im Jahr 2050 erfordern, müsste die Sanierungsrate mindestens verdoppelt werden. Für dieses Ziel wird die Energieberatung als möglicher zentraler Akteur angesehen, indem sie Informationshindernisse für potenzielle Sanierer abbauen kann. In diesem Aufsatz wird der Frage nach Chancen und Herausforderungen der Energieberatung im Wohngebäudesektor nachgegangen. Hierbei wird untersucht, wer die relevanten Akteure der Energieberatung sind und welchen Einfluss der Gesetzgeber auf die Entwicklung der Sanierungsrate durch die Energieberatung aktuell nimmt und künftig entwickeln könnte. Die Energieberatung kann dabei durch die Vertrauensgutsituation beschrieben werden, in der es für (potentielle) Sanierer sowohl ex ante, als auch ex post schwierig ist, die Qualität der erhaltenen Beratung zu bewerten. Zwar soll die staatliche Förderung die Informationsbarrieren bei energetischen Gebäudesanierungen ausgleichen, trotzdem haben die Programme teilweise mit einer schwachen Nachfrage zu kämpfen. Als größte Herausforderungen erweisen sich dabei Komplexität und Rentabilität der Energieberatung. Potenziale zur Verbesserung der Wirkung von Energieberatern ergeben sich bei der Ausbildung, insbesondere im Bereich der staatlichen Zertifizierungen. Die wichtigsten Ansatzpunkte für die Entwicklung einer zukunftsfähigen, qualitätsorientierten Energieberatung sind folglich die Verbesserung der staatlichen Zertifizierung und eine stärkere Orientierung an Koordinations- und Netzwerkaufgaben. Nichtsdestotrotz kann die Förderung der Energieberatung immer nur ein unterstützendes Instrument sein, die nicht geeignet ist, allein eine deutliche Erhöhung der energetischen Sanierungsrate zu bewirken.The German government’s goal of turning the German housing sector almost CO2 neutral by 2050, requires a twofold increase of the current renovation rate of one percent p.a.. Energy consultants play a major role in this as a policy instrument for increasing the renovation rate. This paper analyses the challenges and opportunities of energy consulting in the housing sector. Based on expert interviews and literature research, we evaluate the role of energy consultants in the housing sector. Energy consulting can be described as a credence good situation, as potential renovators can rarely evaluate the obtained quality both ex ante and ex post. Since there are information barriers, energy consulting is publicly subsidized, yet the programs struggle with weak demand. The high degree of complexity and low profitability appear to be the biggest challenges for energy consulting. In contrast, the training of energy consultants via certificates required for receiving state subsidies can be used to improve the quality of energy consulting. These should be the starting points of further development of energy consulting, along with an increased awareness of coordination and networking tasks. Overall, state certificated energy consultancy remains a key instrument to increase energy efficient renovations. Nevertheless, the promotion of energy consulting can only be a supportive tool and needs to be accompanied by other policy instruments."],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1007/s12398-015-0149-0"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/16057"],["dc.language.iso","de"],["dc.notes.status","final"],["dc.title","Die Energieberatung als der zentrale Akteur bei der energetischen Gebäudesanierung?"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","unknown"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]

[["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","211"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","1"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","232"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","13"],["dc.contributor.author","Feser, Daniel"],["dc.contributor.author","Proeger, Till E."],["dc.date.accessioned","2018-11-07T10:27:03Z"],["dc.date.available","2018-11-07T10:27:03Z"],["dc.date.issued","2017"],["dc.description.abstract","This paper investigates barriers to effective knowledge spillovers for markets in which the product can be characterized as a credence good, i.e. its complexity impedes the evaluation of quality by customers both ex-ante and ex-post. We focus on the German market for energy efficiency consultants, as an emerging and subsidized sector in which the service offered has strong credence good properties. Based upon in-depth interviews with stakeholders, we analyze the determinants and barriers to knowledge spillovers. We find that the incentive to foster spillovers to increase suppliers' knowledge is limited by the difficult commercialization of additional capabilities. The implementation of a public certification scheme has failed to increase the sectoral knowledge spillovers. By contrast, the participation in formal knowledge networks has been more effective in prompting companies to foster knowledge spillovers, which has also led to a higher degree of specialization. We conclude that access to certification schemes should be further restricted to increase market transparency and private networks should be supported to achieve the aim of increasing knowledge spillovers."],["dc.description.sponsorship","iENG project [03EK3517A]; Federal Ministry of Education and Research"],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1007/s11365-016-0404-9"],["dc.identifier.isi","000394301700010"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/43172"],["dc.notes.status","zu prüfen"],["dc.notes.submitter","PUB_WoS_Import"],["dc.publisher","Springer"],["dc.relation.issn","1555-1938"],["dc.relation.issn","1554-7191"],["dc.title","Asymmetric information as a barrier to knowledge spillovers in expert markets"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","yes"],["dc.type.status","published"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]