Publications of the Research Unit Economics of Innovation and Industrial Dynamics

  1. M&A Report // 2018

    May/June 2018

    • Number of Mergers and Acquisitions Involving German Firms Continues to Fall
    • Sluggish M&A Activity to Foster Fragmentation in the EU Banking Sector
    • China Increasingly Investing in German Firms
    • Tax Avoidance…
  2. Discussion and Working Paper // 2018

    An international comparison of the contribution to job creation by how growth firms

    This paper addresses three simple questions: how should the contribution of HGFs to job creation be measured? how much does this contribution vary across countries? to what extent does the cross-country…

  3. Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings // 2018

    Business Angels in Europa

  4. ZEW policy brief No. 18-04 // 2018

    Falling Productivity Growth, Widening Productivity Gaps

    Germany, in common with other industrial nations, has in recent years witnessed a decline in productivity growth despite sustained economic growth, falling unemployment and strong technological dynamics. A…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 18-018 // 2018

    New Evidence on Determinants of IP Litigation: A Market-based Approach

    We contribute to the economic literature on patent litigation by taking a new perspective. In the past, scholars mostly focused on specific litigation cases at the patent level and related technological…