The COVID-19 pandemic clearly illustrates the continuing important role of the biotechnology sector in medical progress. In particular, the German biotechnology sector has shown itself to be a pioneer in combating…
The purpose of this SEEK Project was to investigate the effects of cross ownership of firms (by other firms) and common ownership of firms (by third-party investors; for instance, private equity firms or other…
The aim of this project is to analyse the role of foreign direct investment through mergers and acquisitions (M&A) of firms by German and other European firms in China, as well as by Chinese firms in Germany and…
The project attempts to identify effective policy levers for supporting the emergence of high-growth enterprises (HGE) in Germany, which implies facilitating the entry of young innovative companies into periods of…
The innovation report for North Rhine-Westfalia provides a comprehensive analysis of the innovation system in NRW. The report covers seven broad thematic areas:• human capital, education and training• …
Productivity is generally regarded as a driver of economic growth and an indicator of a society's material well-being. However, many industrialized countries have experienced declining productivity growth and…
The project aimed at identifying interdisciplinary topics in R&D projects that received funding from the BMBF's Direct Project Funding schemes, based on a semantic analysis.
For a long period, the financing conditions for young innovative companies have been a research area of the ZEW research department “Economics of Innovation and Industrial Dynamics” in various studies. These…
The aim of this research was to collect data on innovation activities of the business enterprise sector in the State of Berlin in the years 2016 to 2018 as well as the planned innovation activities in 2019 and…