Publications of the Research Unit Economics of Innovation and Industrial Dynamics

  1. ZEW-Innovationserhebung // 2007

    2006

    The ZEW Innovation Survey

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 07-003 // 2007

    You Can’t Make an Omelette without Breaking Eggs: The Impact of Venture Capitalists on Executive Turnover

    We present evidence on venture capitalists' (VCs) impact on turnover of executives for a sample of nearly 47,000 German high-tech start-ups between 1995 and 2004. We confirm that the presence of VCs increases…

  3. Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings // 2007

    The impact of R&D on productivity

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-001 // 2006

    Lost in Translation - Empirical Evidence for Liability of Foreignness as Barriers to Knowledge Spillovers

    Entering host country networks of knowledge flows (new competencies, innovative technologies, and lead-market knowledge) is a major rationale of multinational firms for investing abroad. Foreign firms find it…