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  1. Questions & Answers // 11.10.2012

    Is Excessive Patent Protection a Problem for the Economy? Patents Should Only Be Granted When They Ensure Technological Progress

    In many areas of technology, the road to new products leads through a dense thicket of existing patents that threatens to hinder innovation. A new ZEW study has found that patent…
  2. Conferences // 08.10.2012

    International Entrepreneurship Conference CoDE at ZEW

    The Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) and the Mannheim Centre for Competition and Innovation (MaCCI) held the International Conference on the Dynamics of Entrepreneurship…
  3. Conferences // 24.09.2012

    ZEW Hosts the Opening Event of the Major European Climate Project ENTRACTE

    Since Monday, September 24,2012, numerous scientists from renowned research institutions from six European countries have been guests at ZEW in Mannheim. They are participating in the…
  4. Workshop // 20.09.2012

    SEEK Workshop: Patent Litigation in Europe - A Story of War and Settlement? (November 22, 2012 in Brussels)

    The Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Université Libre de Bruxelles, and the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid are…
  5. Opinion // 17.09.2012

    Dismissal Protection

    From the mid-aughts till today, the German labour market has seen a marked rise in the number of employees. This positive trend – interrupted only by the downturn in 2009, which was…
  6. Dates and News // 17.09.2012

    Macroeconomic Qualification Programme MPS+ for Experts and Managers from Asia Starts at ZEW

    Since mid-September, the qualification programme "Strengthening Macroeconomic Policies" (MPS+) has been taking place at the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in Mannheim.…
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