Publications of the Research Unit Economics of Innovation and Industrial Dynamics

  1. ZEWnews English edition // 2008

    No. 2 - 2008

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 08-030 // 2008

    Formal and Strategic Appropriability Strategies of Multinational Firms – A Cross Country Comparison

    International knowledge spillovers, especially through multinational companies (MNCs), have recently been a major topic of discussion among academics and practitioners. Most research in this field focuses on…

  3. M&A Report // 2008

    April 2008

    • Multi-billion dollar poker game for Yahoo
    • China's share of the global M&A market increases
    • Marked decline in transaction values
    • Re-emergence of bancassurance companies
    • State-owned enterprises active in the logistics…
  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 08-018 // 2008

    Who Gets the Money? The Dynamics of R&D Project Subsidies in Germany

    Each year over three thousand R&D projects in more than two thousand firms received public grants from the German Federal Government. However, the number of subsidized firms does not reveal, whether it is always…