Belitz, Heike; Gornig, Martin; Schiersch, Alexander - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 1 (2011) 2, pp. 6-10
No large industrialized nation is as strongly specialized in the production of R&D-intensive goods as Germany. In the crisis year 2009 these export-oriented industries had to pass a crucial test. The slump in sales endangered both specialized jobs and the financing of high R&D expenditures, and...