Projects of the Research Unit Economics of Innovation and Industrial Dynamics

Abgeschlossene Projekte

  1. Project // 01.07.2019 – 31.12.2023

    The Originality of Entrepreneurs Along the Life Cycle of Firms: Understanding the Attributes of Entrepreneurial Decision Making

    It is widely accepted that new ventures – particularly in the high-technology industry – spur growth of national economies. In these firms, founders are perceived to be eminently influential…

  2. Project // 01.07.2019 – 30.06.2022

    Business and Economic Research Data Center (BERD-Center)

    The project’s objective is to sustainably improve the research data infrastructure in Germany by using existing databases to generate new Scientific-Use-Files by means of linkage, on the one part. These databases…

  3. Project // 01.06. – 31.10.2019

    Developing a Monitoring Tool for Future Support Programmes of the Ministry of Economy, Work and Housing of the State of Baden-Wuerttemberg

    The project develops a manual for logic models for the Ministry of Economy, Work and Housing of the State of Baden-Wuerttemberg. The manual should help to implement logic models for all major funding activities of…

  4. Project // 01.06.2019 – 31.03.2025

    Measurement of the Digitalisation of the German Economy

    The purpose of the project is to measure the digitalisation of the German economy and to track its development over time. The results will serve as an…

  5. Project // 01.06.2019 – 31.03.2020

    Firm Dynamics in the Knowledge Economy – Indicator Study 2020

    The recording of technological capabilities through a comprehensive system of indicators is a central part of the annual report on the conditions of research, technology and innovation of the German…

  6. Project // 01.05.2019 – 29.02.2020

    Innovation Activities of Firms in East Germany

    The project analysed the innovation behaviour of firms in East Germany since the German reunification. Based on data from the Mannheim Innovation Panel (MIP), the project focused on four research questions:

    • Develop…
  7. Project // 01.05.2019 – 31.03.2021

    SEEK Project 2019: Cross and Common Ownership of Firms and Their Effect on Competition and Innovation

    The purpose of this SEEK Project was to investigate the effects of cross ownership of firms (by other firms) and common ownership of firms (by third-party investors; for instance, private equity firms or other…

  8. Project // 01.05. – 31.12.2019

    The Role of Chinese Foreign Direct Investment in Germany and Europe and the Access to the Chinese Market for German and European Firms in the Context of M&A

    The aim of this project is to analyse the role of foreign direct investment through mergers and acquisitions (M&A) of firms by German and other European firms in China, as well as by Chinese firms in Germany and…

  9. Project // 01.05.2019 – 29.02.2020

    Analysis of Chinese Foreign Direct Investment in Germany and the EU, and Vice Versa

    The project analysed the role of foreign direct investment through acquisitions of existing firms by German and other European firms in China, as well as be Chinese firms in Germany and other European countries.…