The SPINTAN project aims at discovering the theoretical and empirical underpins of public intangible policies. It widens previous work carried out by Corrado, Hulten and Sichel (2005, 2009) including the public…
The aim of this research is to determine the extent and scope of innovation activities of the business enterprise sector in the city of Berlin in the years 2011 to 2013 as well as the planned innovation activities…
Overcoming the current economic crisis and ensuring long-term competitiveness and growth is a key policy challenge for Europe. Since innovation is the classical source of knowledge creation, it is seen as key…
The KETs Observatory provides both quantitative and qualitative information on the development and deployment of Key Enabling Technologies (KETs) and supplies European and national policy-makers and business…
Securing the financing constitutes is a real problem for many startup companies. So the hope is that Business Angels (BA) get more important as financial resource. BAs are organized in networks and organizations…
This project aims at analysing the complementarity of investment in patents and trademarks for firm performance by employing an extensive data set of European firms. Patents and trademarks are both intellectual…
This project deals with the consequences of the economic crisis in 2008/09 on innovation activities in firms. In particular, we analyse the effects of adjustments in R&D spending during the crisis (i.e. in the…
The EU Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR) is a joint macro-regional strategy of the countries of the Danube Region and the European Commission. The EUSDR area includes the German Federal States…