This project analysis the relevance of various obstacles for firms (particularly SMEs) in the course of transferring R&D results into marketable products. Based on a literature review, results from programme…
The project investigates the determinants of study choice readiness and the effects of participating in a programme to foster career aspirations at upper secondary school from an economic point of view. While the…
In this project, panel data are collected on secondary school pupils in the cities Mannheim and Freiburg. The aim is to observe their transitions from lower secondary school into higher secondary education and…
The aim of the project is, in a first step, to build a database covering information on succession cases of mid-cap firms in Europe in which a private equity investor is involved. Relevant data is currently…
Over the course of the previous decade, price fluctuations on international commodity markets have been observed to be significantly higher than in the decades before. While in the 1980’s and 90’s price…
This subproject of the interdisciplinary project "Peer Productivity in Web 2.0 Environments" deals with the economic analysis of social links in online networks. It first and foremost considers Wikis, in…
The project proposes a new approach to modeling the relationship between real estate investments, the stock market, and the economy. The new model is applied using simulation methods to investigate if empirical…
Across all European countries, both large enterprises (LSEs) and small and medium-sized firms (SMEs) have to pay some form of corporate income tax if they have a non-transparent organizational form. On the one…
The programm "Duales Orientierungspraktikum–Studienorientierung schaffen" (abbreviated with DOP) intends to help students in secondary schools in Nordhrhein-Westfalia to improve the match between their competences…
Based on a literature research, this project analysed the intergenerational transmission of education in Germany. Results provide information on how and to what extent social background influences educational…
In recent years, critical discussions have taken place regarding the effectiveness of the patent system. It is unclear whether the patent system provides incentives for increasing R&D activities. In the presence…