Publications of the Research Unit Economics of Innovation and Industrial Dynamics

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-003 // 2009

    To Be Financed or Not… – The Role of Patents for Venture Capital Financing

    This paper investigates how patent applications and grants held by new ventures improve their ability to attract venture capital (VC) financing. We argue that investors are faced with considerable uncertainty…

  2. ZEW-Innovationserhebung // 2009

    2008

    About the ZEW Innovation Survey

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-002 // 2009

    Host Country Contingencies on Knowledge Protection Strategies of Multinational Firms – Bring a Knife to a Gunfight?

    International knowledge spillovers, especially through multinational companies (MNCs), have recently been a major topic of the academic and management discussion. However, most studies treat MNC subsidiaries…