Publications of the Research Unit Economics of Innovation and Industrial Dynamics

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 18-034 // 2018

    Foreign Competition and Executive Compensation in the Manufacturing Industry – A Comparison between Germany and the U.S.

    In this study we use import penetration as a proxy for foreign competition in order to empirically analyze (1) the impact of foreign competition on managerial compensation, (2) differences in the impact between…

  2. Refereed Journal // 2018

    Generating Big Spatial Data on Firm Innovation Activity from Text- Mined Firm Websites

    Innovation is one of the major drivers of economic growth, where spatial processes of knowledge spillover play a vital role. Current practices in assessing firms’ innovation activity, including patent…

  3. Refereed Journal // 2018

    Energy transition in Germany and regional spill-overs: The diffusion of renewable energy in firms

    The success of transitioning energy consumption towards renewables highly depends on the willingness and ability of firms to adopt energy technologies that use renewable sources. Existing studies focus on the…

  4. M&A Report // 2018

    May/June 2018

    • Number of Mergers and Acquisitions Involving German Firms Continues to Fall
    • Sluggish M&A Activity to Foster Fragmentation in the EU Banking Sector
    • China Increasingly Investing in German Firms
    • Tax Avoidance…