Publications of the Research Unit Economics of Innovation and Industrial Dynamics

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 08-030 // 2008

    Formal and Strategic Appropriability Strategies of Multinational Firms – A Cross Country Comparison

    International knowledge spillovers, especially through multinational companies (MNCs), have recently been a major topic of discussion among academics and practitioners. Most research in this field focuses on…

  2. M&A Report // 2008

    April 2008

    • Multi-billion dollar poker game for Yahoo
    • China's share of the global M&A market increases
    • Marked decline in transaction values
    • Re-emergence of bancassurance companies
    • State-owned enterprises active in the logistics…
  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 08-018 // 2008

    Who Gets the Money? The Dynamics of R&D Project Subsidies in Germany

    Each year over three thousand R&D projects in more than two thousand firms received public grants from the German Federal Government. However, the number of subsidized firms does not reveal, whether it is always…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 08-013 // 2008

    The R&D Investment-Uncertainty Relationship: Do Competition and Firm Size Matter?

    Uncertainty is intrinsic to research and development (R&D) and has a fundamental influence on the decision to invest in such activities. Real options theoretical models with irreversible investment are a…