We develop an index that compares the quality of Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) applications by considering citations generated by International Search Reports (ISRs). In its most restrictive variation, i.e.…
This paper studies the importance of the socialization environment – nest – for the career destinations of early career researchers. In a sample of research groups in the fields of science and engineering at…
We study how startup teams are assembled in terms of team member human capital characteristics. To this end, we derive a statistically motivated benchmark for new venture team heterogeneity in terms of observed…
This study investigates the impact of public R&D subsidies on R&D investment of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Germany during the most recent economic crisis. Our analysis is based on firm-level…
