Publications of the Research Unit Economics of Innovation and Industrial Dynamics

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 15-051 // 2015

    Measuring Patent Quality in International Comparison – Index Development and Application to China

    We develop an index that compares the quality of Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) applications by considering citations generated by International Search Reports (ISRs). In its most restrictive variation, i.e.…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 15-050 // 2015

    Flying the Nest: How the Home Department Shapes Researchers' Career Paths

    This paper studies the importance of the socialization environment – nest – for the career destinations of early career researchers. In a sample of research groups in the fields of science and engineering at…

  3. Refereed Journal // 2015

    Skill Heterogeneity in Startups and its Development over Time

    We study how startup teams are assembled in terms of team member human capital characteristics. To this end, we derive a statistically motivated benchmark for new venture team heterogeneity in terms of observed…

  4. JUNGE UNTERNEHMEN // 2015

    Jahrgang 15, Nr. 3, Juni 2015

    • Gründungsgeschehen: Ist die Talsohle erreicht?
    • Insolvenzen nur kleiner Teil aller Schließungen
    • Gründungen in der Kultur- und Kreativwirtschaft
  5. ZEWnews English edition // 2015

    05/06 - 2015