As part of an evaluation of the BMBF competition “Spitzencluster” (“leading-edge clusters”), which is conducted by a consortium of RWI, ISG, Joanneum Research and the University of Jena, ZEW analysis innovation…
Greater efficiency and a substantial proportion of energy from renewable sources are the main properties of Germany’s new path towards sustainable energy. This transition requires a fundamental change of both…
In this project, the start-up activity in the German High-Tech sector is analysed over time with respect to the number of firms per 10’000 persons in working age (start-up intensity) and its share in total…
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 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…
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…