The project evaluates the support programme „ERP Capital for start-up“ which supports persons setting up their own businesses with long-term subordinated loan up to the amount of 500,000 Euro. The programme…
The recording of technological capabilities through a comprehensive system of indicators is a central part of the annual report on the conditions of research, technology and innovation in Germany of the German…
The project "Integrated Assessment of a Green Transformation: An Assessment of Economic, Social, and Technological Transformation Pathways" aims at identifying long-term pathways towards a sustainable low-carbon…
The aim of this study is to update a report on key innovation indicators for the chemical industry for the year 2015. In a concise way, the study offers an overview on the state and recent developments in research…
Purpose of this project is to link the firm-level data of the ZEW ICT-survey with the employee data of the Institute for Labour Market and Employment Research and thus to generate a linked employer-employee…
It is explored if there is a sufficient high supply for capital at risk for firms in Baden-Wuerttemberg. The actors on the supply side for capital at risk are identified and the volume of their investments in…
This project investigates the impact of competition intensity on the incidence of gasoline taxes to consumers. It aims in providing contributions to the empirical relationship between competition and tax…
The European Commission has recently defined in different Communications its vision for climate and energy policies in the medium and long term, setting ambitious targets for 2030. In its Communication on a…
In this project, we study the evolution of wage mobility in Eastern Germany before unification and during the transition from a centrally planned to a market economy. We plan to exploit German pension register…
For the project “Price and Quality Competition from China – How Can German Firms react?” German firm-level data is used to examine how the increasing import competition from China affects innovation and firm…
The aim of this project is to discuss the perspectives for innovation in small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in Germany for the 2015 to 2025 period to identify major trends and challenges. The project…
The project investigates the economic importance of trade secrets (TS) and their relationship to intellectual property rights (IR) and other appropriability mechanisms. The study will be composed of two parts: A…