Publikationen des Forschungsbereichs Innovationsökonomik und Unternehmensdynamik

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 16-054 // 2016

    Deregulation and the Determinants of Entry: Evidence from the German Interurban Bus Industry

    Two years after the deregulation of the German interurban bus industry in January 2013, two new entrants emerged as market leaders: MeinFernbus (MFB) and FlixBus (FB). We use a comprehensive route-level data set…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 16-050 // 2016

    Changing of the Guard: Structural Change and Corporate Science in the Semiconductor Industry

    This article documents a structural change in the production of science in the U.S. semiconductor industry over almost three decades. We observe a change in scientific productivity over time, where smaller firms…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 16-048 // 2016

    Measuring Patent Quality and National Technological Capacity in Cross-Country Comparison

    China recently surpassed the USA as the greatest global source of patent applications. However, without internationally comparable measures of patent quality it remains questionable whether China's patent…