Projects of the Research Unit Economics of Innovation and Industrial Dynamics

Abgeschlossene Projekte

  1. Project // 20.01. – 31.05.2004

    EPO - Quality of European Patents in Germany

    English project description is not available.

  2. Project // 01.01. – 31.10.2004

    The European Automotive Industry: Competitiveness, Challenges, and Future Strategies

    The purpose of this study is to provide a comprehensive survey of the sources for competitiveness of the European automotive industry, the main challenges that the industry faces in sustaining and improving…

  3. Project // 01.01.2004 – 31.12.2011

    Intellectual Property Rights, Appropriability and Competition in High-tech Industries

    The role of patents and trade mark rights for intellectual property changed fundamentally in the 1990s.

    The change expresses itself in a phenomenon known as ‘patent-paradox’ in the related economic literature. The…

  4. Project // 01.01. – 31.10.2004

    European Productivity, Innovation and Public Sector R&D

    Recently, the European Commission (EC) advocated the use of fiscal incentives to stimulate private sector R&D and innovation activity. Germany and Finland are one of the few countries in Europe without a fiscal…

  5. Project // 01.01. – 31.12.2004

    Comparing the Market Valuation of Innovative Assets in U.S. and German Firms

    English desciption is not available.

  6. Project // 01.01.2004 – 28.02.2007

    Human Capital, Patenting Activity and Technology Spillovers

    This research proposal aims at underscoring the role that human capital plays in the generation and diffusion of knowledge. To accomplish this task we will construct a unique data set that combines patent…

  7. Project // 01.11.2003 – 31.01.2005

    Behavioural Additionality Effects of Government Financing of Business R&D

    The public funding of research and development is an integral function carried out by the governments of most OECD countries. The primary objective of this policy is to increase innovation potential as well as…