07/2026 – Where Innovations Emerge

Innovations are a key driver of economic development and societal progress. Yet it does not emerge in a vacuum, it starts where opportunities, knowledge, entrepreneurial dynamism and a propitious environment come together.
 
The latest issue of ZEW Monthly, focusing on “Where Innovations Emerge”, shows how educational mobility and regional start-up ecosystems can strengthen innovative capacity, why young companies in Germany have recently been bringing fewer innovations to market despite rising numbers of start-ups, and to what extend criteria-based tenders facilitate young innovative firms to gain market access.