The main purpose of the project is to categorize patents according to whether they reflect product vs. process inventions. The project involves a large-scale categorization of ‘technological fields’ and the…
VDI Technology Centre Düsseldorf and ZEW compose the Saxon Technology Report 2018. VDI Technology Centre is leader of the project. Tasks of ZEW are to investigate and to assess indicators on- Innovation…
In the joint project, new output indicators on innovation activities were developed. Computer linguistic methods were used, which were applied to large amounts of text data. The development of the methods and the…
To strengthen an economy’s competitiveness, many industrial countries support their firms’ R&D activities. The types of support are either a project-based direct subsidization or an R&D tax incentive scheme. While…
The research project investigates price elasticities of electricity demand in Switzerland. Hourly demand elasticities are derived for Switzerland using consumption data on canton level. Special focus is put on the…
The aim of the project is to identify areas of economic and scientific-technological strength in Europe for individual countries and derive clusters of areas for prospective economic development. For each area, we…
This project aims at analysing the research and innovation performance of Switzerland compared to other regions of similar size and economic structure. The project focuses on the following four indicator areas:
In 2016, the German manufacturing of machinery and equipment industry’s labour productivity was less than in 2005. It increased until 2008 but dropped significantly in the crisis year 2009. It was not until 2011…