Innovation strategies of companies are most interesting when they are analyzed in the long run. For this research, panel information of innovative and patenting behavior is the most suitable. Patents are often…
This projects aims at evaluating the R&D programme INNO-KOM Ost which has been established by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology in 2009 in order to support non-profit industrial research…
This project is part of a broader activity to prepare a compendium of evidence on the effectiveness of innovation policy intervention funded by NESTA (the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts)…
This project aims to analyze the connection between employees, entry strategies and innovation performance in newly established firms. Two analyses will be conducted. The first analyzes the influence of firm…
Governments of many OECD countries heavily support R&D and innovation activities in order to improve competitiveness and long-term growth. It is argued that public R&D funding is necessary because of market…
The project analyzes the economic importance of family enterprises in Germany and updates the results of the correspondent research project of the year 2009. It uses the Mannheim Enterprise Panel (MUP) which draws…
In this project, a short study on start-up promotion instruments is prepared. The short study provides an overview of start-up promotion instruments in OECD countries and presents in brief statements some…
The purpose of the project is to analyse the internationalisation of German ICT companies. Relevant geographical markets and market segments as well as factors that hamper internationalsisation shall be…