Publikationen des Forschungsbereichs Innovationsökonomik und Unternehmensdynamik

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 25-019 // 2025

    The WebAI Paradigm of Innovation Research: Extracting Insight From Organizational Web Data Through AI

    This paper introduces the WebAI paradigm as a promising approach for innovation studies, business analytics, and informed policymaking. By leveraging artificial intelligence to systematically analyze…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 25-020 // 2025

    The Participation of Young Firms in Public Procurement

    Public procurement offers sizable market opportunities for young firms. We investigate the firm- and founder-level characteristics determining young firms’ decision to apply for public tenders, as well as the…

  3. Referierte Fachzeitschrift // 2025

    Subsidising Innovation Outside or Within Firms’ Existing Knowledge Base: Which Is Best for Radical Innovation?

    Public financial support for firm-level Research and Innovation (R&I) can generate important socio-economic returns. This is especially true if firms use this support to develop radical innovation, defined as…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 25-014 // 2025

    Founder Personality and Scaling Decisions in Entrepreneurial Firms

    Personality drives human decision-making. Research on corporate research and development(R&D), however, typically considers strategic decision-making to be independent of the decisionmaker’s personality traits.…

  5. ZEW Monthly // 2025

    02/2025 – Innovationen

    Die bevorstehende Bundestagswahl wird mit darüber entscheiden, welche politischen Weichen für Innovationen in Deutschland gestellt werden. Innovationen sind der Schlüssel zu Wachstum, Wettbewerbsfähigkeit und…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 25-010 // 2025

    Reverse Engineering and Innovation: Empirical Evidence From a High-Tech Economy

    Reverse engineering allows firms to learn about critical components and design features of competitors' technologies. Historically, reverse engineering has often been used to help technological laggards to…