This study builds on the results of research conducted in 2003 and 2005 into the role of the chemical industry in providing impulses for innovation in other sectors. This project focuses on two main topics. The…
The aim of this project is to apply new concepts of innovation - notably marketing and organisational innovation - to the Community Innovation Surveys (CIS) methodology to test whether these new concepts are…
This project takes the electricity market as an example to examine two core areas of empirical competition policy: the regulation of network based industries and the concentration of companies. Our approach to the…
The aim of this project was to analyse five centrally linked aspects of economic growth:1. Management and Organisational PracticesThis part concentrated on understanding and explaining management and…
The objective of this project is the investigation of automobile markets from a competition and regulatory point of view. Due to the relatively stable market structure with a few market entries and relationships…
In the 2006 edition of the EU Commissions Competitiveness Report, a chapter will review the state of debate on lead markets and the role of public policy. ZEW is contributing an input paper to this chapter. …
Advances in information and telecommunications technologies and the political processes that open up important markets (Eastern Europe, China, India) give rise to substantial economic opportunities. Up to now,…