1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 08-038 // 2008

    Deja Vu? Short-Term Training in Germany 1980-1992 and 2000-2003

    Over the past few years, active labor market policies (ALMP) have placed a greater emphasis on job search assistance, monitoring and testing work availability, as well as limited training to activate the…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 08-037 // 2008

    Market and Technology Access Through Firm Acquisitions: Beyond One Size Fits All

    Recent literature has emphasized several motivations behind mergers and acquisitions (M&As). Firm acquisitions have been shown to serve as a way to gain access to international markets, technological assets,…

  3. Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings // 2008

    Besteuerung der Unternehmen im internationalen Vergleich

  4. Non-Refereed Journal // 2008

    M&A-Investitionen aus Brasilien, Russland, Indien und China in Deutschland

    Immer häufiger zeigt sich, dass die Effekte der Globalisierung keine Einbahnstraßen im Transfer von Gütern, Dienstleistungen und Kapital von den entwickelten hin zu sich entwickelnden Nationen sind. Durch die…

  5. ZEW Annual Report // 2008

    2007

    The Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), Mannheim, increased its earnings in the business year 2007. The earnings rose to 14.72 million Euros and thus notably exceeded previous year’s result (14.15…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 08-035 // 2008

    Drivers and Effects of Internationalising Innovation by SMEs

    Globalisation is radically reshaping the business environment for small and mediumsized enterprises (SMEs). In order to cope with increased competition and business opportunities in globalised markets, SMEs may…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 08-034 // 2008

    University Spin-Off’s Transfer Speed – Analyzing the Time from Leaving University to Venture

    The creation of academic spin-offs has received great attention in innovation policy for the last couple of years. Throughout Europe policy programmes have been introduced to stimulate entrepreneurial activities…

  8. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 08-033 // 2008

    Successful Patterns of Scientific Knowledge Sourcing – Mix and Match

    Valuable knowledge emerges increasingly outside of firm boundaries, in particular in public research institutions and universities. The question is how firms organize their interactions with universities…

  9. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 08-032 // 2008

    Die Auswirkungen des demografischen Wandels auf das Gründungsgeschehen in Deutschland

    Die demografische Entwicklung in Deutschland wird auf mittlere Sicht zu einer nennenswerten Absenkung der bisher für das Gründungsgeschehen bedeutsamen Alterskohorten führen. Diese Studie zeigt durch eine…

  10. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 08-031 // 2008

    Conditional Grants, Grant-Seeking and Welfare when there is Government Failure on the Subordinate Level

    This paper addresses the welfare effects of conditional grants when there is government failure on the subordinate (hereafter regional) level. Government failure on the regional level may occur due to the…