Abstract: Das 20. Jahrhundert war im besonderen Maße von der Entstehung und rasanten Verbreitung neuer Technologien geprägt. Neben der Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologie wurde die Biotechnologie als zukünftige, die ökonomischen Produktionsbedingungen verändernde Technologie...

The paper deals with the role played by private equity investors (venture capital companies and corporate investors) in the emergence of a new biotechnology industry in Germany in the second half of the 90's. Our analysis takes into account the different business models and business fields to be...

In diesem Beitrag untersuchen wir das Standortwahlverhalten der Gründer von Biotech-Unternehmen in Deutschland. Hierzu verwenden wir Individualdaten aus dem ZEW Unternehmenspanel und aggregieren diese auf Ebene der 97 Raumordnungsregionen. Die deskriptiven Befunde geben Hinweise auf eine hohe...

Regions with biotechnology-specific knowledge seem to have best chances to attract potential entrepreneurs to establish a biotechnology-firm. The BioRegio contest (BRC) aims to stimulate the creation process of biotechnology clusters in these regions. The multivariate analysis shows that BRC...

The automotive industry is a major pillar of the modern global economy and one of Europe's key industries. There can hardly be any doubt about the important role of this sector as an engine for employment, growth and innovation in Europe, and there are crucial challenges and opportunities ahead....

This study focuses on the impact of innovation policies and R&D collaboration in Germany and Finland. We consider collaboration and subsidies as heterogeneous treatments, and perform an econometric matching to analyze R&D and patent activity at the firm level. In general, we find that...

The government has become an important ‘player’ in the provision of early-stage, venture capital finance to nascent and growing businesses. Public funds have been invested by government agencies both directly to client firms and indirectly via investment in the funds of existing venture...

1 Introduction -- 2 Theoretical Background and the Operationalisation of the Hypotheses -- 3 Description of Methodology -- 4 Descriptive Analysis of the Data Set -- 5 Differences Between Internationalisers and Non-Internationalisers -- 6 The Degree of Internationalisation -- 7 The Timing of...