Publications of the Research Unit Economics of Innovation and Industrial Dynamics

  1. Refereed Journal // 2024

    Climate Change Affectedness and Innovation in Firms

    Climate change increasingly affects businesses in many ways. This paper analyses the link between the way and extent a firm faces economic consequences of climate change on the one hand, and the firm's…

  2. Refereed Journal // 2024

    Location factors and ecosystem embedding of sustainability-engaged blockchain companies in the US. A web-based analysis

    While many digital technologies provide opportunities for creating business models that impact sustainability, some technologies, especially blockchain applications, are often criticized for harming the…

  3. ZEW policy brief No. 24-16 // 2024

    Enhancing German Innovation through International Trade in Services

    The access to foreign knowledge via service imports fosters the success of innovations in Germany. The probability of firms introducing new or significantly improved products, services, or processes is more than…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 24-055 // 2024

    The Interplay Between Public Procurement of Innovation and R&D Grants: Empirical Evidence From Belgium

    This paper investigates the impact of Public Procurement of Innovation (PPI) and Research and Development (R&D) grants on firms' R&D investment using data from Belgian R&D-active firms over the past decade. Our…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 24-056 // 2024

    Trade in Services and Innovation

    We study the implications of services trade for firm innovation. Using a quasi-experimental shift-share design, we find that access to foreign knowledge-related services improves the innovativeness of domestic…