Partners in R&D alliances and joint ventures are rarely symmetric, yet whether asymmetry helps or hurts collaboration is not fully understood. We study how asymmetry in competitors’ information endowments…
Die Stärkung privater Innovationsaktivität gilt als zentrale Voraussetzung für die langfristige Wettbewerbsfähigkeit Deutschlands und Europas. Öffentliche Beschaffung ist dafür ein bislang unterschätztes…
Public organizations rely on open innovation to maintain and improve public service performance. Suppliers are a key source of such innovation. Public contracting authorities act as the interface between public…
Private Hochschulcampi können die regionale Wirtschaft messbar stärken: Eine gemeinsame Analyse des ZEW Mannheim und des Fraunhofer-Instituts für System- und Innovationsforschung ISI zeigt, dass Campusgründungen…
This paper investigates the evolution of aggregate productivity and markups among French manufacturing firms between 1994 and 2016, by focusing on the role of reallocation with respect to both aggregate…
This policy brief examines entrepreneurial ecosystems in France, Germany, and the United Kingdom using data on more than nine million firm births between 2009 and 2023. The study aims to assess both the quantity…
This paper investigates whether the local economic effects of niche university actors depend on regional context. Focusing on private university campuses in Germany, it exploits their staggered foundation…
