Publications of the Research Unit Economics of Innovation and Industrial Dynamics

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 17-074 // 2017

    The Organizational Design of High-Tech Startups and Product Innovation

    We investigate whether appointing a middle management level   affects startups’ innovation  performance. Additional hierarchical levels are often   suspected to restrict innovative activities.  However,…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 17-064 // 2017

    External Financing Constraints and Firm’s Innovative Activities During the Financial Crisis

    We investigate the effect of individual banks’ liquidity shocks during the recent financial crisis of 2008/2009 on the innovation activities of their business customers. Individual banks’ liquidity shocks are…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 17-063 // 2017

    Analysing and Predicting Micro-Location Patterns of Software Firms

    While the effects of non-geographic aggregation on inference are well studied in economics, research on geographic aggregation is rather scarce. This knowledge gap together with the use of aggregated spatial…

  4. ZEW policy brief No. 17-05 // 2017

    Business Angels: Crucial Elements of the European Financial Ecosystem

    Europe faces a conundrum. Despite high levels of research investment and leading the market in many industries, disruptive and radical innovation typically does not come from European startups. One of the…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 17-052 // 2017

    Incumbents’ Responses to Innovative Entrants – A Multi-Country Dynamic Analysis

    The influence of innovative entrants on incumbents is considered important for technological change. We analyze this influence for the global transition towards alternative technology vehicles (ATVs). Our…