Publications of the Research Unit Economics of Innovation and Industrial Dynamics

  1. ZEW policy brief No. 25-12 // 2025

    Missed Potential? The Role of Migrant Entrepreneurs in Shaping Germany’s Future Economy

    Entrepreneurship is essential for innovation and economic growth. Newly founded companies contribute to innovation and technology diffusion and increase pressure on incumbent firms to innovate. In Germany,…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 25-062 // 2025

    Intangible Assets and Productivity at the Firm Level: R&D versus non-R&D Intangibles

    Intangible assets have increasingly been identified as a main source of productivity gains. Since the pioneering work by Corrado, Hulten, and Sichel (2005), empirical research has largely focused on macro and…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 25-061 // 2025

    Firms’ Disclosure of University Ties on Their Website: An Explorative Analysis of Ist Role for Innovation Performance

    This paper explores a novel web-based indicator to examine how firms’ disclosure of university ties on their websites shapes their innovation performance. First, using data from the German Community Innovation…