Projects

Abgeschlossene Projekte

  1. Project // 01.10.2019 – 30.06.2022

    Networks of Innovative Firms (NETINU)

    The project aims at developing new indicators for measuring networks of innovative firms, using different data sources and employing different methods:

    1. Interactions among firms and between firms and other…
  2. Project // 01.10.2019 – 30.09.2021

    Additionality of Public Support to EFRE Co-financed R&D Projects in Saxony 2014-2018

    The project aims at analysing input and output additionality of publicly funded R&D projects in Saxony in the EU funding period started in 2014. The analysis looks at projects that were funded by the Federal State…

  3. Project // 01.09. – 30.11.2019

    R&D in the Mechanical Engineering Industry and the Planned R&D Tax Incentive

    The project aims at analysing three issues related to the definition of research and development (R&D) with respect to a planned R&D tax incentive in Germany:

    • Evaluating the practicality of the R&D definition of…
  4. Project // 01.09. – 30.11.2019

    Detailed Analysis of Potential Demand for Existing and Future Sites for Technology Parks of the L-Bank in Baden-Wuerttemberg

    The project (coordination: Prognos AG)analyses the significance of three demand components for technology parks in Baden-Wuerttemberg, considering both existing parks (Stuttgart, Karlsruhe, Mannheim, Göppingen,…

  5. Project // 01.08.2019 – 31.07.2020

    Mannheim in the Competition for Talent - An Analysis of Factors to Increase the Local Supply of Highly Qualified Employees

    The population share of high-skilled workers has a positive effect on regional development. The higher the qualification in a region, the higher the value added, productivity and wages.  Although the proportion of…

  6. Project // 01.08.2019 – 30.04.2020

    Contributions to Innovation Monitoring of Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region

    The Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region (MRN) is funded within the framework of the Baden-Württemberg state programme „Förderung von regionalem Innovationsmanagement in Baden-Württemberg ". Part of this project was…

  7. Project // 01.07.2019 – 31.03.2021

    SEEK Project 2019: Social Mobility and Economic Performance

    Many countries in Europe and other parts of the world are characterized by increasing income inequality and low, often stagnating levels of upward mobility. This often goes hand in hand with lower economic…

  8. Project // 01.07.2019 – 31.12.2020

    College Openings and Local Economic Development

    The opening and expansion of higher education institutions are often considered by decision-makers as promising place-based policies to decrease disparities between regions. This project investigated how the…

  9. Project // 01.07.2019 – 31.12.2020

    Distortive Effects of Tax Loss Restrictions on Venture Capital Funding of Start-Ups

    If companies make losses, for tax purposes they can be carried forward and set off against future profits. The majority of European countries limit the use of loss carry forwards in case of a sale of the company…

  10. Project // 01.07.2019 – 31.10.2020

    MannheimTaxation – Payroll Taxes, Unemployment Insurance and Entrepreneurial Activity

    The objective of this research project – which is financed by the Leibniz-ScienceCampus MannheimTaxation – is to study the causal effect of unemployment insurance benefit levels on the probability to become…

  11. Project // 01.07.2019 – 31.12.2023

    The Originality of Entrepreneurs Along the Life Cycle of Firms: Understanding the Attributes of Entrepreneurial Decision Making

    It is widely accepted that new ventures – particularly in the high-technology industry – spur growth of national economies. In these firms, founders are perceived to be eminently influential…

  12. Project // 01.07.2019 – 30.06.2022

    Business and Economic Research Data Center (BERD-Center)

    The project’s objective is to sustainably improve the research data infrastructure in Germany by using existing databases to generate new Scientific-Use-Files by means of linkage, on the one part. These databases…