Publications of the Research Unit Digital Economy

  1. ZEW-Wachstums- und Konjunkturanalysen // 2013

    Nr. 1 (März) - 2013

    • Der Optimismus kehrt vorsichtig zurück
    • Die voraussichtliche Lage in der EWU
    • Ergebnisse der Märzumfrage 2013
    • Verbesserte Geschäftslage sorgt für gute Stimmung zu Jahresbeginn
    • Mittelfristprojektion für Deutschland:…
  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 12-089 // 2012

    Innovation Strategies of German Firms: The Effect of Competition and Intellectual Property Protection

    According to the Schumpeterian view, intellectual property (IP) protection policy and antitrust policy might affect firms' incentives to innovate in opposite directions. The former policy gives monopoly rights…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 12-088 // 2012

    IT Outsourcing – A Source of Innovation? Microeconometric Evidence for Germany

    In 2006, on average 43% of the firms in the EU-15 practiced IT outsourcing (ITO). The determinants of ITO as well as firms' incentives to source out non-core activities have been examined extensively. As…