Many business-owning families aspire to someday transfer their firm to the next family generation. Controversy surrounds the question of how these transgenerational intentions affect risky growth stra
Past research on the impact of R&D cooperation on firm innovation performance has almost solely focused on technological innovations. This paper investigates the impact of R&D cooperation on n
Based on a sample of German innovating firms that contains information on formal and informal innovation cooperation between customers and suppliers, we state that firms perceive informal cooperation
We investigate the interplay between firms' R&D decisions and local labor market competition and how this influences equilibrium location choices and welfare. Firms engage in risky R&D activit
Based on the data of the first wave of the Mannheim Innovation panel, this paper explores the link between R&D expenditures and patents. Our data allow a detailed analysis of the firm size distrib
Emissions of local pollutants from industry have declined across many developed countries over the last decades. For carbon emissions such reductions have yet to materialize. Using German administrati
Im zweiten Wahlgang der Parlamentswahlen in Frankreich wurde gestern das Linksbündnis Neue Volksfront (NFP) stärkste Kraft, das liberale Regierungsbündnis um Emmanuel Macron kam auf Platz zwei, der re
Nach der Zinssenkung der Europäischen Zentralbank (EZB) im Juni 2024 gehen vom ZEW Mannheim befragte Finanzmarktexpertinnen und -experten nicht davon aus, dass die EZB im Juli den Zinssatz weiter senk