This study aims to identify structural reforms in Germany in the period 2013 to 2017, including their origins, intended impact, and actual impact to date, as well as remaining reform needs. Structural reforms…
The Austrian Report on Research and Technology summarises state and development of research and technology in Austria and presents government activities to promote scientific…
The study analyses and evaluates the performance of academic and industrial research in Baden-Wuerttemberg from a strategic perspective. The results of the analyses are used to review the thematic and programmatic…
The INFOWIK project aimed to improve the measurement of investments in knowledge-based capital and thus to improve the innovation indicators for this important aspect of the innovation capacity of firms and…
The main purpose of the project is to categorize patents according to whether they reflect product vs. process inventions. The project involves a large-scale categorization of ‘technological fields’ and the…
VDI Technology Centre Düsseldorf and ZEW compose the Saxon Technology Report 2018. VDI Technology Centre is leader of the project. Tasks of ZEW are to investigate and to assess indicators on- Innovation…
In the joint project, new output indicators on innovation activities were developed. Computer linguistic methods were used, which were applied to large amounts of text data. The development of the methods and the…
The research project investigates price elasticities of electricity demand in Switzerland. Hourly demand elasticities are derived for Switzerland using consumption data on canton level. Special focus is put on the…
To strengthen an economy’s competitiveness, many industrial countries support their firms’ R&D activities. The types of support are either a project-based direct subsidization or an R&D tax incentive scheme. While…