Publikationen des Forschungsbereichs Innovationsökonomik und Unternehmensdynamik

  1. Discussion und Working Paper // 2024

    Effective Regulation and Firm Compliance: The Case of German Privacy Policies

    This chapter explores the interaction between the enforcement of and compliance with difficult-to-enforce rules in the context of data regulation. We focus on the effect of the introduction of the GDPR and its…

  2. Referierte Fachzeitschrift // 2024

    Linked Employer-Employee Data from XING and the Mannheim Enterprise Panel

    The availability of social media data is growing and represents a new data source for economic research. This paper presents a detailed study on the use of data from a career-oriented social networking platform.…

  3. ZEW policy brief Nr. 24-16 // 2024

    Enhancing German Innovation through International Trade in Services

    The access to foreign knowledge via service imports fosters the success of innovations in Germany. The probability of firms introducing new or significantly improved products, services, or processes is more than…

  4. Gutachten // 2024

    Bedeutung von Betriebsräten in Start-up-Unternehmen

    Bislang fehlen empirische Daten zur Existenz von Betriebsräten in Start-up-Unternehmen in Deutschland. Die vorliegende Kurzexpertise adressiert diese Datenlücke und nimmt erstmals eine Bestandsaufnahme zur…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 24-055 // 2024

    The Interplay Between Public Procurement of Innovation and R&D Grants: Empirical Evidence From Belgium

    This paper investigates the impact of Public Procurement of Innovation (PPI) and Research and Development (R&D) grants on firms' R&D investment using data from Belgian R&D-active firms over the past decade. Our…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 24-056 // 2024

    Trade in Services and Innovation

    We study the implications of services trade for firm innovation. Using a quasi-experimental shift-share design, we find that access to foreign knowledge-related services improves the innovativeness of domestic…