1. ZEW Economic Studies Vol. 8 // 2000

    Germany's Technological Performance

    The research results presented in this book are part of the continuous reporting on the technological performance of the German economy. The indicators of technological performance show a high efficiency of the…

  2. ZEW Economic Studies Vol. 9 // 2000

    The Internationalisation of British Start-up Companies in High-Technology Industries

    The present study analyses the international activities of British start-up companies in high-technology industries. The research makes the following contributions. First, it is the first study that establishes…

  3. ZEW Economic Studies Vol. 10 // 2000

    Innovation-Oriented Environmental Regulation - Theoretical Approaches and Empirical Analysis

    Innovation-oriented environmental regulation is extremely attractive for policy planners and decision makers, since it is expected that innovations can cut costs of environmental measures and overcome existing…

  4. ZEW Economic Studies Vol. 11 // 2000

    Flexible Mechanisms for an Efficient Climate Policy - Cost Saving Policies and Business Opportunities

    In the Kyoto Protocol to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, industrialized countries agreed on binding absolute targets for greenhouse gas emissions and on the admission of flexible market-economy…

  5. Discussion and Working Paper // 2000

    Zukunftsperspektiven der deutschen Wirtschaft - Innovationsaktivitäten im Verarbeitendes Gewerbe. Ergebnisse der Erhebung 1999

    Innovation Behavior in the German Industry - Perspectives of the German Economy Since 1993, the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) has been conducting annual surveys on innovation activities in the…

  6. Discussion and Working Paper // 2000

    Dienstleistungen in der Zukunft - Innovationsaktivitäten im Dienstleistungssektor. Ergebnisse der Erhebung 1999

    Innovation Behaviour in the Service Sector - Services in the Future Since 1995, the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) has been conducting surveys on innovation activities of service sector firms…