1. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 07-061 // 2007

    Review on the Literature of Mergers on Innovation

    Both M&A and innovation are instruments for growth and competitive advantage. Therefore they are fundamental to each firm's competitive strategy. Usually, both instruments have been studied separately, but much…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 07-060 // 2007

    International Cooperation on Innovation: Empirical Evidence for German and Portuguese Firms

    In this paper we investigate the factors that lead firms to cooperate with partners from foreign countries on innovation activities. Portuguese and German data from the harmonised Community Innovation Survey…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 07-059 // 2007

    Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives in Russia: An Overview

    This work provides a descriptive overview of Russian markets for financial derivatives. Available figures for the exchange-traded and over-the-counter-traded derivatives in Russia show that the Russian…