In the 2006 edition of the EU Commissions Competitiveness Report, a chapter will review the state of debate on lead markets and the role of public policy. ZEW is contributing an input paper to this chapter. …
Advances in information and telecommunications technologies and the political processes that open up important markets (Eastern Europe, China, India) give rise to substantial economic opportunities. Up to now,…
In order to stimulate the competitiveness the EU council invoked the Lisbon-Process. In addition, the crucial importance of R&D for future competitiveness is highlighted by the Barcelona objectives which hold that…
Investigation of the number and development of firm foundations in the high-tech sector with special emphasis on the field of information and communication…
IST (Information Society Technologies) reside among the European Commisions priorities within the Framework Programme structuring European research activities. The project is aimed at an assessment of existing…
The main purpose of this contract is to yield support for the preparation of statistics, indicators and analysis in order to generate new information to underpin R&D policy development in the context of the…
The horizontal merger guidelines define increased market power as the ability of one or more firms to profitably increase prices, reduce output, choice or quality of goods and services, diminish innovation. In…