The study analyses and evaluates the performance of academic and industrial research in Baden-Wuerttemberg from a strategic perspective. The results of the analyses are used to review the thematic and programmatic orientation of the research system in Baden-Wuerttemberg.The project focuses on the following issues:

• National and international comparison of the performance of private research in Baden-Wuerttemberg
• National and international comparison of the performance of academic research in Baden-Wuerttemberg
• Research an universities and public research institutes
• Industry structures and research activities
• Baden-Wuerttemberg's position in new disciplines and new technologies
• State of digitalisation in the business sector of Baden-Wuerttemberg
• Research and modernisation in SMEs

ZEW's contribution to the project focuses on "research and modernisation in SMEs".