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)…
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…
This project is motivated by the insight that production processes at the technological frontier are no guarantee for a company’s market success. In addition, a company must safeguard its reputation for…
The car industry is one of the most innovation intensive industries in the European Union. It invests around EUR 20 m per year in R&D, thus being one of the EU’s largest R&D investors. Technological progress is…