Publications of the Research Unit Economics of Innovation and Industrial Dynamics

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 21-018 // 2021

    The COVID-19 Insolvency Gap: First-Round Effects of Policy Responses on SMEs

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

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 21-011 // 2021

    International Student Exchange and Academic Performance

    International student exchange has become an important part of university-level studies and the EU plans to increase it significantly. We analyze how international student exchange affects students’ academic…

  3. ZEW-Innovationserhebung // 2021

    2020

    Innovation in Germany: Is the German Economy Still on Course for Innovation?

    Innovation expenditure by German companies rose again in 2019, reaching an all-time high of 176.9 billion euros. However, the increase…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 21-006 // 2021

    Open Innovation Deficiency: Evidence on Project Abandonment and Delay

    The concept of Open Innovation (OI) has breathed new life into both empirical research and industry practice concerned with distributed and collaborative modes of innovating. Certainly, the volume of OI research…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 21-001 // 2021

    Scientist’s Industry Engagement and the Research Agenda: Evidence From Germany

    The authors investigate the impact of industry engagement on the direction of academic science. They apply the framework of the research agenda to assess to which extent industry engagement shifts the costs and…