In order to use natural resources more efficiently in the future and to minimize environmental pollution, far-reaching new technological developments, as well as product, operational and organizational innovations…
A constant challenge for the analysis of human resources in science and technology (HRST) for policy needs is the availability of data and the access to databases. Therefore, the objective of this project is the…
This short review provides a summary on the current state of innovation and technology policy (ITP) in OECD countries and offers some starting points for integrating ITP instruments into economic policy consulting…
Academic spin-offs enjoy the increasing attention of policy makers in the last years. Recently, the topic gained the interest and attention of already established enterprises as well. The reason is the new…
This study builds on the results of research conducted in 2003 and 2005 into the role of the chemical industry in providing impulses for innovation in other sectors. This project focuses on two main topics. The…
The aim of this project is to apply new concepts of innovation - notably marketing and organisational innovation - to the Community Innovation Surveys (CIS) methodology to test whether these new concepts are…
The aim of this project was to analyse five centrally linked aspects of economic growth:1. Management and Organisational PracticesThis part concentrated on understanding and explaining management and…
This project takes the electricity market as an example to examine two core areas of empirical competition policy: the regulation of network based industries and the concentration of companies. Our approach to the…
The objective of this project is the investigation of automobile markets from a competition and regulatory point of view. Due to the relatively stable market structure with a few market entries and relationships…