Publications of the Research Unit Economics of Innovation and Industrial Dynamics

  1. ZEW Documentation No. 13-01 // 2013

    Innovation in Germany - Results of the German CIS 2006 to 2010

    Innovation is regarded as a key driver of productivity and market growth and thus has a great potential for increasing wealth. Surveying innovation activities of firms is an important contribution to a better…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 13-019 // 2013

    Innovation, Employment Growth, and Foreign Ownership of Firms - A European Perspective

    Subsidiaries of foreign multinational enterprises (MNEs) are among the top performers of research, development and innovation in many EU and non-EU countries. In some small European countries - examples are…

  3. ZEWnews English edition // 2013

    03/04 - 2013

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 13-018 // 2013

    Corporate Main Bank Decision

    Building up close main-bank relationships can be beneficial to small and medium sized firms for several reasons. For mature firms, relationship lending eases access to bank finance and positively affects firm…

  5. Refereed Journal // 2013

    The Heterogeneous Costs of Disclosure and the Propensity to Patent

    This article explores whether the heterogeneous costs of disclosure induced by patenting can serve as an explanation for the empirically observed heterogeneity of the propensity to patent across firms. A…