Publications of the Research Unit Economics of Innovation and Industrial Dynamics

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 17-064 // 2017

    External Financing Constraints and Firm’s Innovative Activities During the Financial Crisis

    We investigate the effect of individual banks’ liquidity shocks during the recent financial crisis of 2008/2009 on the innovation activities of their business customers. Individual banks’ liquidity shocks are…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 17-063 // 2017

    Analysing and Predicting Micro-Location Patterns of Software Firms

    While the effects of non-geographic aggregation on inference are well studied in economics, research on geographic aggregation is rather scarce. This knowledge gap together with the use of aggregated spatial…

  3. ZEW policy brief No. 17-05 // 2017

    Business Angels: Crucial Elements of the European Financial Ecosystem

    Europe faces a conundrum. Despite high levels of research investment and leading the market in many industries, disruptive and radical innovation typically does not come from European startups. One of the…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 17-052 // 2017

    Incumbents’ Responses to Innovative Entrants – A Multi-Country Dynamic Analysis

    The influence of innovative entrants on incumbents is considered important for technological change. We analyze this influence for the global transition towards alternative technology vehicles (ATVs). Our…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 17-051 // 2017

    Guilt by Association: How Scientific Misconduct Harms Prior Collaborators

    Recent highly publicized cases of scientific misconduct have raised concerns about its consequences for academic careers. Previous and anecdotal evidence suggests that these reach far beyond the fraudulent…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 17-044 // 2017

    Energy Transition in Germany and Regional Spillovers: What Triggers the Diffusion of Renewable Energy in Firms?

    The success of an energy turnaround towards renewables highly depends on the willingness and ability of firms to adopt energy technologies using renewable sources. Existing studies focused on the role of…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 17-042 // 2017

    Subsidized and Non-Subsidized R&D Projects: Do They Differ?

    Little is known about whether and to what extent the outcome of subsidized and non-subsidized R&D projects differ. In this paper we exploit a novel dataset of patent applications filed in Germany between…