1. Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings // 2009

    Searching for Innovation in Market and Transition Economies: Evidence Across Europe

    Searching for externally available knowledge has been characterised as a vital part of the innovation process. The availability of such innovation impulses, however, critically depends on the environment a firm…

  2. Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings // 2009

    Formal and Strategic Knowledge Protection Strategies of Multinationals - A Cross Country Comparison

    International knowledge spillovers, especially through multinational companies (MNCs), have recently been a major topic of discussion among academics and practitioners. Most research in this field focuses on…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-017 // 2009

    Young, Open and International: The Impact of Search Strategies on the Internationalization of New Ventures

    Young firms with the ability to internationalize early and decisively have received much attention in recent academic discussion. However, relatively little is known about the underlying processes that enable…

  4. ZEW Annual Report // 2009

    2008

    Despite the recessive macro-economic situation and increasingly difficult conditions on national and international research markets, the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in Mannheim can look back on a…

  5. Financial Market Report Switzerland // 2009

    April 2009

    • Economic Expectations Hardly Changed
    • Eurozone: Interest Rates Fall to Historically Low Point
    • USA: Economy Continues to Shrink
    • Japan: Economic Expectations Remain Pessimistic
    • Great Britain: Expectations for the…
  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-016 // 2009

    Specialized Search and Innovation Performance – Evidence Across Europe

    Searching for external knowledge has frequently been characterized as crucial for firm success. However, little is known about how the direction of search strategies influences innovation performance. In this…

  7. Refereed Journal // 2009

    Transparency of Regulation and Cross-Border Bank Mergers

    There is ample anecdotal evidence that political influence might constitute a barrier to the integration of European banking markets. Based on a dataset on the transparency on the supervisory review process of…

  8. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-015 // 2009

    The Role of Structural Common and Country-Specific Shocks in the Business Cycle Dynamics of the G7 Countries

    The study analyses the business cycles of the G7 countries in a structural vector autoregression(SVAR) framework comprising output, nominal interest rate and inflation. Common and country-specific supply, demand…

  9. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-014 // 2009

    Occupational and Locational Substitution: Measuring the Effect of Occupational and Regional Mobility

    The paper analyzes effects of occupational and regional mobility on the matching rate using the monthly panel disaggregated on regional and occupational level. The main contribution of the paper is measuring…