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…