Die Ausgaben für Innovationen sind im Jahr 2017 deutlich angestiegen. Die Unternehmen in Deutschland übertrafen dabei die Erwartungen aus dem Vorjahr. Insbesondere in den Dienstleistungen wurden die Ausgaben für Innovationen überdurchschnittlich stark erhöht. Der Anteil an Unternehmen, die...

Innovation is regarded as a key driver of productivity and market growth and thus has a great potential for increasing wealth. Surveying innovation activities of firms is an important contribution to a better understanding of the process of innovation and how policy may intervene to maximise the...

Die Innovationsausgaben sind im Jahr 2018 weiter angestiegen. Insgesamt wurden rund 173 Milliarden Euro für Innovationen ausgegeben. Damit wurden die Erwartungen aus dem Vorjahr erfüllt. Insbesondere im Dienstleistungssektor wurden die Ausgaben für Innovationen kräftig erhöht. Die...

In this paper we explore the relationship between innovative firms that patent technology related to Industry 4.0 and their economic performance. By applying the new patent cartography developed by the EPO that identifies firm's 4.0 patents, this is one of the first large-scale, systematic...

This paper provides in-depth insights into patenting activities in technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) in Germany and worldwide between the years 1990 and 2016. The descriptive analysis of these digital inventions at the current technological frontier yields several main...

Does investment in social infrastructure affect the productivity of manufacturing firms in developing countries? To test this question, I empirically investigate the impact of social infrastructure indicators at district level on firm productivity using firm level data from Pakistan. I split my...

We investigate the effects of different channels of industry-science collaboration on new product sales at the firm-level and whether government subsidies for collaboration make a difference. We distinguish four collaboration channels: joint R&D, consulting/contract research, IP licensing, human...

Firm-level Climate Action Response Plans (CARPs) are strategic plans comprising firms' climate change mitigation and adaptation commitments. Given the importance of CARPs for meeting climate change targets, encouraging firms to develop CARPs is paramount. When designing evidence-based approaches...

In May 2018, a new regulation by the European Commission on data protection came into force, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). It requires many firms to update their data protection strategy. It may also complicate different types of data usage, particularly related to data on...