Publications of the Research Unit Economics of Innovation and Industrial Dynamics

  1. M&A Report // 2007

    November 2007

    • Europe's banking landscape in motion
    • High level of transaction activity in the diagnostics sector
    • Transaction values and volumes rise significantly
    • Global M&A activity slightly down
    • Tour operators lead where…
  2. ZEW-Gründungsreport // 2007

    Jahrgang 7, Nr. 2, Nov. 2007

    • Konjunktur hilft den Dienstleistern
    • Business Angels und High-Tech-Gründungen
  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 07-062 // 2007

    Search Patterns and Absorptive Capacity: A Comparison of Low- and High-Technology Firms from Thirteen European Countries

    Searching for externally available knowledge has been characterised as a vital part of the innovation process. Previous research has, however, almost exclusively focused on hightechnology environments, largely…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 07-061 // 2007

    Review on the Literature of Mergers on Innovation

    Both M&A and innovation are instruments for growth and competitive advantage. Therefore they are fundamental to each firm's competitive strategy. Usually, both instruments have been studied separately, but much…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 07-060 // 2007

    International Cooperation on Innovation: Empirical Evidence for German and Portuguese Firms

    In this paper we investigate the factors that lead firms to cooperate with partners from foreign countries on innovation activities. Portuguese and German data from the harmonised Community Innovation Survey…