Publications of the Research Unit Economics of Innovation and Industrial Dynamics

  1. ZEW expert brief No. 20-15 // 2020

    Innovative China

    The forthcoming fourteenth Five-Year Plan (2021-2025) emphasizes innovation as the driving force to double China’s GDP and income per capita until the year 2035, implying five percent annual output growth.…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 20-065 // 2020

    Champions of Digital Transformation? The Dynamic Capabilities of Hidden Champions

    Hidden Champions (HCs) are small- and medium-sized global market leaders that repeatedly show superior innovation capabilities and economic performance. However, empirical evidence on how the digital…