Publications of the Research Unit Economics of Innovation and Industrial Dynamics

In 2020, firms expected their innovation expenditures to decrease by about 2% in 2020 compared to 2019. This decline is much smaller than that in 2009 following the financial crisis, when innovation expenditures…

COVID-19 placed a special role on fiscal policy in rescuing companies short of liquidity from insolvency. In the first months of the crisis, SMEs as the backbone of Germany’s economy benefited from large and…

• Withdrawal of Correspondent Banks Slows Down European Emerging Markets
• Parents Suffer from More Mental Stress Than Other Professionals
• Sharp Increase in Insolvencies Expected Among Smaller Companies
• Taxing…

The proximity framework has attracted considerable attention in a scholarly discourse on the driving forces of knowledge exchange tie formation. It has been discussed that too much proximity is negatively…

• ZEW-ZEPHYR M&A Index Shows Decline in German Deals Due to COVID-19
• Fewer M&A Deals, but Higher Transaction Volume During the Pandemic
• Majority of Takeovers in Germany Are Still Domestic Deals
• EU Merger…

• Stability of the Eurozone Largely Relies on the European Central Bank’s Drip-Feed
• Lack of Financial Literacy and Confidence Deters Women from Stock Market
• Innovation Gap Widens During Crises
• Wide-Scale…