With the commencement of the amendment of the Swiss Cartel Act on 1 April 2004, the Competition Commission gained considerably new powers, especially with respect to the possibilities to sanction…
The Federal State of Baden-Wuerttemberg is among the regions in Europe with the highest research spending per GDP. Among the many factors contributing to this performance, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)…
New information and communication technologies have been major drivers of efficiency not only in the ICT industries but also in the downstream industries. The liberalisation of the telecommunication sector was one…
The aim of the project was to carry out comparable surveys about firms’ innovation behaviour for a large number of OECD countries in and beyond Europe.The project focused on the following two questions:
The influence of mergers and acquisitions on the innovation activity of companies represents a much-examined area of research. So far, only little consideration has been given to the case of a “de-merger”, i.e.…
Under the banner of its “EXIST” programme for business foundations from higher education, the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi) currently supports 15 regional networks and a range of…
Many countries see increasing investment in education, research, development and innovation as a means of expanding production possibilities. Emphasis is placed on innovation policy because it plays a key role in…
The project is concerned with a comprehensive analysis of the sector of family enterprises in Germany. The analysis focuses on different questions: Main topics are the quantitative assessment of the economic…