stakeholders in the sectors with a comprehensive and holistic understanding of the sectoral innovation performance and challenges across the EU25 states. The fundamental question is to what extend and why…
This report summarises and evaluates main indicators of technological competitiveness of the German economy and provides an outlook for the years ahead. We use intertemporal and cross-country comparisons of…
The possible uses of microsimulation models for individual data have been demonstrated on many occasions. Less well-known, on the other hand, are similar models for the business sector. However, quantitative…
The project is concerned with so-called restarts, i.e. the firm foundations of previously failed entrepreneurs. The data base is comprised by the ZEW Start-Up Panels. On the one hand the typical characteristics of…
The study aims at analysing and evaluating goals, measures, successes and obstacles regarding the internationalisation of German research and science. This covers international activities of individual…
The availability of external capital is of central importance for German small and medium-sized enterprises. In the bank-based financial system of Germany bank loans have an important role for the financial…
Inventors are of key importance for the success of the research and development activities of companies. This is reflected in the high share of nearly 70% of personnel costs in total R&D expenditures. As a…