Publications of the Research Unit Economics of Innovation and Industrial Dynamics

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 07-061 // 2007

    Review on the Literature of Mergers on Innovation

    Both M&A and innovation are instruments for growth and competitive advantage. Therefore they are fundamental to each firm's competitive strategy. Usually, both instruments have been studied separately, but much…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 07-060 // 2007

    International Cooperation on Innovation: Empirical Evidence for German and Portuguese Firms

    In this paper we investigate the factors that lead firms to cooperate with partners from foreign countries on innovation activities. Portuguese and German data from the harmonised Community Innovation Survey…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 07-055 // 2007

    What Makes Foreign Knowledge Attractive to Domestic Innovation Managers?

    This study focuses on the early stages of international innovation activities, i.e. the organizational processes through which promising ideas from around the globe are collected and evaluated. We ask: What…