Publications of the Research Unit Economics of Innovation and Industrial Dynamics

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 16-050 // 2016

    Changing of the Guard: Structural Change and Corporate Science in the Semiconductor Industry

    This article documents a structural change in the production of science in the U.S. semiconductor industry over almost three decades. We observe a change in scientific productivity over time, where smaller firms…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 16-048 // 2016

    Measuring Patent Quality and National Technological Capacity in Cross-Country Comparison

    China recently surpassed the USA as the greatest global source of patent applications. However, without internationally comparable measures of patent quality it remains questionable whether China's patent…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 16-045 // 2016

    Incorporating Innovation Subsidies in the CDM Framework: Empirical Evidence from Belgium

    This paper integrates innovation input and output effects of R&D subsidies into a modified Crépon-Duguet-Mairesse (CDM) model. Our results largely confirm insights of the input additionality literature, i.e.…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 16-044 // 2016

    Technological Capabilities, Technological Dynamism and Innovation Offshoring

    In this paper we analyze the conditions under which firms decide to offshore innovation. We consider the role of internal technological capabilities and technological dynamism in the firm environment,…

  5. ZEWnews English edition // 2016

    05/06 - 2016