1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-073 // 2011

    Resource Allocation Flexibility for Innovation Performance: The Effects of Breadth, Uncertainty, and Selectiveness

    No matter how well resourced, innovation efforts are prone to failure. This paper investigates how the allocation of resources to product innovation projects allows firms to cope with this challenge. We assume…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-072 // 2011

    Competition and Trust: Evidence from German Car Manufacturers

    Trust is an essential ingredient of social life. But trust is not considered an essential ingredient in the models of selfish behavior on which modern economic theory is built. In the present study, we …

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-071 // 2011

    Ownership and Control in a Competitive Industry

    In many markets, firms are interlocked by the fact that either firms own shares of each other, or investors own shares of several competitors in the very same market. In this context, partial ownership is the…

  4. ZEW-Wachstums- und Konjunkturanalysen // 2011

    Nr. 4 (Dezember) - 2011

    • Konjunktur in Deutschland: Erwartete Abkühlung, aber kein Wintereinbruch
    • Die voraussichtliche Lage in der EWU
    • Ergebnisse der Novemberumfrage 2011
    • Stimmungseinbruch in der IKT-Branche
    • Rentenreformakzeptanz und…
  5. ZEWnews English edition // 2011

    11/12 - 2011

    • Unified Regulations for Systemically Important Financial Institutions Urgently Needed
    • Intrinsic Work Motivation Determines the Acceptance of Pension Reforms
    • Older Employees Are not less Productive, Even in the…
  6. Financial Market Report Switzerland // 2011

    December 2011

    • Economic Outlook for Switzerland: Expectations Remain Dampened
    • Eurozone: Confidence in the Economy Diminishes
    • Japan: Economic Expectations Remain Upbeat
    • USA: Assessment of Economic Picture More Positive
    • Great…
  7. Financial Market Report CEE // 2011

    December 2011

    • Economic Expectations for the CEE Region: Pessimism Returns
    • Economic Outlook for the CEE Region, Austria, and the Eurozone
    • Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia: Bullish Stock Markets
    • Croatia, Hungary, and Romania:…
  8. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-070 // 2011

    Auswirkungen der Wirtschaftskrise auf die Innovationstätigkeit der Unternehmen in Deutschland

    The massive economic crisis 2008/09 had substantial impacts on the innovation activities of the German economy. The loss in sales and profits resulted in a sharp decline of innovation expenditure. While capital…