Publications of the Research Unit Economics of Innovation and Industrial Dynamics

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 12-048 // 2012

    Research Grants, Sources of Ideas and the Effects on Academic Research

    The academic and policy debate on the role and the consequences of university–industry interactions has led a substantial body of empirical studies on numerous forms of interactions that occur between academe…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 12-047 // 2012

    Quantity or Quality? Collaboration Strategies in Research and Development and Incentives to Patent

    Collaborative research and development (R&D) may be seen as a response to shifting knowledge environments enabling firms to cope with technological challenges. As stressed by Jones (2008), innovation increases…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 12-043 // 2012

    Green Innovations and Organizational Change: Making Better Use of Environmental Technology

    That the successful use of process technology crucially depends on the right organizational infrastructure is known for a long time as well as the fact that the adoption of new process technology may need…