Projects of the Research Unit Economics of Innovation and Industrial Dynamics

Abgeschlossene Projekte

  1. Project // 01.10.2020 – 31.07.2021

    Innovation Challenges in the Metropolitan Region Rhine-Neckar

    The research project analysed the challenges of firms in the metropolitan region of Rhine-Neckar with respect to developing and introducing innovations, as well as potential policy approaches to improve the…

  2. Project // 01.09.2020 – 28.02.2022

    Preparing the CIS 2022

    The project aims at preparing the European innovation survey for the 2022 reference year (Community Innovation Survey – CIS 2022). This includes the development of a questionnaire and an update of the survey…

  3. Project // 01.08.2020 – 31.12.2022

    Does Volatile Demand Induce Volatile Prices? Evidence from the German Gasoline Market

    The objective of this research project is to examine the relationship between demand and price volatility in the retail gasoline industry. We study to what extent can demand shocks explain the daily price…

  4. Project // 15.07.2020 – 31.12.2021

    Cross-sectional Evaluation of Support Measures for Innovative Start-ups

    The cross-sectional evaluation of support measures for innovative start-ups analyses the impacts, synergies and complementarities among a series of programmes offered by the Federal Ministry of Economics and…

  5. Project // 15.06. – 15.12.2020

    The Link between Digitalisation and Innovation in SMEs

    In recent years, the share of firms that engage in digitalisation activities has been rising whereas the share of firms with product or process innovations has been gradually declining. The aim of the study was to…

  6. Project // 01.06.2020 – 31.03.2021

    Firm Dynamics in the Knowledge Economy – Indicator Study 2021

    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…

  7. Project // 01.04.2020 – 30.06.2021

    Entrepreneurship and Productivity

    The project aims to shed light on the impact of market entry on the economy’s growth and innovation capacity as well as aggregate productivity development.  

    The impact of market entry on aggregate productivity is…

  8. Project // 01.04. – 31.07.2020

    Medium-sized Companies in the Corona Crisis Reflected in their Website Contents

    The project comprises 4 modules: Module 1 contains the preparation of data of the Mannheim Enterprise Panel (MUP) and its provision for a Survey of German companies conducted by Kantar. In module 2 we analyse the…

  9. Project // 01.03. – 31.10.2020

    Innovation Indicators for the Chemical Industry 2020

    The aim of this study was to update a report on key innovation indicators for the chemical industry for the year 2020. In a concise way, the study offers an overview on the state and recent developments in…