Competitive public research funding is an important policy instrument to foster scientific progress. The effective design of such funding schemes and whether they generate knowledge spillovers to industrial…
In 2024, Germany invested more money in innovation than ever before: according to the latest innovation survey by ZEW Mannheim, companies spent around €213.3 billion on innovation – a new record high.…
This paper explores whether the U.S. Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) increased the declaration of trade secrets. Leveraging cross-sectoral variation in the importance of trade secrets prior to the DTSA,…
Der vorliegende Bericht untersucht die internationale Verbreitung und strukturelle Ausprägung zweier Schlüsseltechnologien – Künstliche Intelligenz (KI) sowie alternative Antriebe und klimafreundliche…
