The project studied the formation of human capital at different stages of the life-cycle based on multidisciplinary research, including views from economics, econometrics, neurobiology, survey analysis, and…
The Federal State of Baden-Wuerttemberg is among the regions in Europe with the highest research spending per GDP. Among the many factors contributing to this performance, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)…
With the commencement of the amendment of the Swiss Cartel Act on 1 April 2004, the Competition Commission gained considerably new powers, especially with respect to the possibilities to sanction…
STRIKE is a European-wide research network in innovation economics that brings together researchers from 21 European countries.The main objective of the network is to improve our understanding of the process of…
In the year 2006 on behalf of the Stiftung Familienunternehmen ZEW has developed the Country Index for Family Enterprises. The objective of that index is an international comparison of investment locations from…
We analyze the effect of market concentration on innovation in the relevant market. Previous work either concentrates on the effect of M&A on the profitability of competitors or on the innovative performance of…
The EU Energy Package, which has been adopted by the European Commission in January 2007, comprises the threefold objective of simultaneously increasing sustainability, security of supply and competitiveness. In…
The report analyses subsidies for savings on Bausparkassen accounts in a theoretical and empirical perspective. First the development of this specific instrument is described against the broader background of…
New information and communication technologies have been major drivers of efficiency not only in the ICT industries but also in the downstream industries. The liberalisation of the telecommunication sector was one…
The Ministry of Economics develops the draft of an energy-political concept of action for the period up until the year 2020. Prior to the debate in the Cabinet, one formulation of the energy- political concept of…
Evaluating state subsidies contributes to an improvement of efficiency in the allocation of public funds. Especially with regard to tax expenditures, there is need for external evaluation. The objective of this…