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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Stimmung im Wirtschaftszweig hellt sich weiterhin auf
Der ZEW-IDI, ein Stimmungsindikator für den Wirtschaftszweig Dienstleister der Informationsgesellschaft, erreicht im vierten Quartal 2009 einen Wert von 58,6…
