Publications of the Research Unit Economics of Innovation and Industrial Dynamics

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 16-076 // 2016

    Employment Effects of Innovations over the Business Cycle: Firm-Level Evidence from European Countries

    A growing literature investigates how firms’ innovation input reacts to changes in the business cycle. However, so far there is no evidence whether there is cyclicality in the effects of innovation on firm…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 16-075 // 2016

    Does Energy Policy Hurt International Competitiveness of Firms? A Comparative Study for Germany, Switzerland, and Austria

    This paper investigates the impact of energy policies on the export performance of firms. There has been a long policy debate on potentially negative impacts of cost-increasing energy policies on international…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 16-074 // 2016

    The Workforce Composition of Young Firms and Product Innovation - Complementarities in the Skills of Founders and Their Early Employees

    We investigate the extent to which complementarities between technical and business skills of founders and employees matter for the generation of market novelties by new ventures. Using data about German…

  4. Discussion and Working Paper // 2016

    Promoting Openness and Capitalizing on Europe’s Creative Potential – Literature Review and Data Collection

    One aim of the Innovation Union is to promote Openness and Europe’s Creative Potential. In order to achieve this goal 5 different commitments have been implemented within the Innovation Union: - C19:…

  5. Discussion and Working Paper // 2016

    Creating a Single Innovation Market – Literature Review and Data Collection

    One aim of the Innovation Union is to create a Single Innovation Market. In order to achieve this goal, 5 different commitments have been implemented within the Innovation Union: - C14:…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 16-072 // 2016

    The EU 2020 Innovation Indicator: A Step Forward in Measuring Innovation Outputs and Outcomes?

    In October 2013, the European Commission presented a new indicator intended to capture innovation outputs and outcomes and thereby “support policy-makers in establishing new or reinforced actions to remove…