Within the last few decades, rising environmental concerns, in particular concerns on the problem of anthropogenic climate change, have forced policy makers to act in order to mitigate future damage.…
Transformation towards a knowledge based economy with increased corporate innovation may directly affect bank financing. This research project will examine how banks screen loan applications from start-up…
"The 'Innovation Indicator' is a joint initiative of Deutsche Telekom Stiftung and Bundesverbandes der Deutschen Industrie (BDI) started in 2005. From 2011 on, the Innovation Indicator is produced and reported by…
This project investigates the impact of taxation on corporate innovation in the context of the knowledge economy. In particular, the proposed research will investigate how taxes affect the incentives of firms…
The project analyses the development of demand and supply on the housing market in the Germany federal state of Baden-Wuerttemberg. Special attention in the coming issue will be paid to the housing market for…
The training programm "Duales Orientierungspraktikum - Studienorientierung schaffen" intends to help students in secondary schools in Northrhein-Westfalia to improve the match between their competences and job…
Sustainable development can only be achieved by extensive innovation and its rapid international implementation. In particular creating and extending lead markets is crucial since they provide a platform to gain…
Firms have to balance the costs and risks associated with investments in new products and the opportunities from pursuing a large number of innovation options at the same time. Real options logic suggests that…
Recent macroeconomic literature emphasises the importance of expected future technology improvements (the so-called news shocks) for the macroeconomic dynamics. The impact of these shocks has rarely been…
The aim of this project is to investigate the competitive behaviour of firms over the product-life-cycle of consumer electronics. We plan to combine data from Austria’s largest online site for price comparisons…
his project is motivated by the ongoing discussion regarding the effects of a research use exemption from patent infringement. While some argue that the lack of a research use exemption constitutes a major…
The most recent debt crisis in the Euro area has demonstrated that a lack of trust of the market participants in the sustainability of public debt can affect the countries access to the capital markets. There…