The study serves as a background document for the European Commission and is conducted in close cooperation with the ZEW Mannheim. The main tasks are to define the concept of competitiveness at the micro, meso, and macro levels of economic activity, to establish a set of indicators that is...

This policy brief explores the benefits of incubators and accelerators, how they support inclusive entrepreneurship, what makes them successful and how the EU can learn from the experiences of other countries. While there are relatively few examples of business incubators and accelerators that...

Deutschland hat in den Jahren 2006 und 2007 im europäischen Vergleich beachtliche wirtschaftliche Fortschritte gemacht: Die Unternehmen haben ihre Kosten deutlich gesenkt und innovative Produkte auf den Markt gebracht. Die Arbeitnehmer haben durch Lohnzurückhaltung zur besseren preislichen...