Product innovation describes a product whose components or basic characteristics are either new or significantly improved. Limited product substitutability fosters product innovation incentives and success.…
In October 2011 Professor Dr. Andreas Löschel has been appointed chair of the expert commission of the monitoring process “Energy of the Future” of the German Federal Government. The goal of this project was to …
Objective of this research project was to give an overview of external private equity financing in German enterprises, especially in new firms. Within the framework of this project we could identify - with the…
In this project, ZEW collects and analyses a set of indicators on innovation activities of the German enterprise sector. The project serves the annual review on Germany’s performance in research and innovation…
The focus of this project is the government-subsidized capital formation of private households in Germany, which is regulated in the 5. Vermögensbildungsgesetz (VermBG). The project consists of three parts:…
The research project evaluates attitudes companies have and the measures they take with regard to the retention of skilled workers. Based on a qualitative pilot study, two representative surveys are conducted, one…
In this project, we empirically study the causal effects of EU product market integration on wage and employment outcomes in German manufacturing and service industries, with a particular focus on heterogeneous…
In this project, ZEW collects and analyses a set of indicators on start-up activities and firm dynamics (including firm closures) in Germany with a focus on knowledge-intensive sectors. The project serves the…
Over the last years an increasing number of models have been developed and implemented in the research department. This models comprise the European Tax Analyzer, the Devereux-Griffith-Model (DG), the ZEW…
The aim of this project is the development of a monthly survey among financial market experts specialized in financial market and economic sentiment forecasts for China.
The normative literature on R&D has focused exclusively on the question of the appropriate magnitude of R&D subsidies. Other government interventions, including direct involvement by public organisations on…
The purpose of the project is to compare the German digital economy with its international competitors and to analyse the potential of digitalisation and the Internet for German firms. The analysis is based on…