The taxation of companies operating in more than one Member State in the European Union is undergoing a transformation. The scope of prevalent group taxation regimes in the Member States is currently still largely…
The focus of the research project INTERDIG was on the internationalisation of the IT-related services sector, especially of IT service providers and software firms in Germany. The aim was to develop concrete…
The study aims at analysing and evaluating goals, measures, successes and obstacles regarding the internationalisation of German research and science. This covers international activities of individual…
In this project, ZEW offers expertise with respect to the basic income scheme which should be modernized in Liechtenstein. The challenge is to combine the existing social insurance system with a modern…
The availability of external capital is of central importance for German small and medium-sized enterprises. In the bank-based financial system of Germany bank loans have an important role for the financial…
The project is concerned with so-called restarts, i.e. the firm foundations of previously failed entrepreneurs. The data base is comprised by the ZEW Start-Up Panels. On the one hand the typical characteristics of…
During the last decades, enterprises in industrialised countries have increasingly outsourced parts of their value chain to external suppliers. This development is particularly pronounced in the field of IT…
This project examined aspects related to the transformation of the German college sector towards more competition. The project had two phases. In the first phase the differences in graduate school programmes were…
Inventors are of key importance for the success of the research and development activities of companies. This is reflected in the high share of nearly 70% of personnel costs in total R&D expenditures. As a…
The aim of the project was to provide input to policy makers on policies that could meet the goals of the Lisbon Agenda in the way of stimulating economic growth, employment and the environment at the same time.…
The Social Code II (SGB II) has been introduced on January 1st 2005 and governs the merging of the former Unemployment Assistance (UA) and Social Assistance (SA) for able-bodied recipients. This project originates…