This project aims at studying the effects of the real estate transfer tax in Germany on the municipalities' budgets. In 2006, the reform of fiscal federalism shifted the tax-setting authority over the real…
Despite the great achievements for peace and economic prosperity, the European project has recently been challenged with public support being on decline in many member states. If national identity remains strong…
The INFOWIK project aimed to improve the measurement of investments in knowledge-based capital and thus to improve the innovation indicators for this important aspect of the innovation capacity of firms and…
The study analyses and evaluates the performance of academic and industrial research in Baden-Wuerttemberg from a strategic perspective. The results of the analyses are used to review the thematic and programmatic…
In a previous project a study on the optimal division of competences between the EU and its member states („How Europe can deliver“) was written. Within this project, for the purpose of communicating…
The main purpose of the project is to categorize patents according to whether they reflect product vs. process inventions. The project involves a large-scale categorization of ‘technological fields’ and the…
The aim of this project was to provide a review of the literature on technological change and the future of work in the EU and its member states including an overview of potential policy options at the EU,…
VDI Technology Centre Düsseldorf and ZEW compose the Saxon Technology Report 2018. VDI Technology Centre is leader of the project. Tasks of ZEW are to investigate and to assess indicators on- Innovation…
The aim of this research project was the investigation of the link between an employers` use of human resource management practices and employees` perceived quality of work as well as their decision to stay with…
The digitalization of the economy is considered the most important development since the industrial revolution. The economic locational factors for digital business models are thus of high relevance for policy…
In the joint project, new output indicators on innovation activities were developed. Computer linguistic methods were used, which were applied to large amounts of text data. The development of the methods and the…
This projects aims at the further development of IT infrastructure at the ZEW towards internet related requirements and research projects. Tools are to be improved, which enable ZEW Researchers at low variable…