We investigate the effect of R&D subsidies on firms’ innovation by ownership, industry, and firm size using German firm-level data. The impact of R&D subsidies is heterogeneous across industries for multinational corporations (MNCs) and domestic firms while it does not differ substantially by...

We investigate the effect of R&D subsidies on firms' innovation by ownership, industry, and firm size using German firm-level data. The impact of R&D subsidies is heterogeneous across industries for multinational corporations (MNCs) and domestic firms while it does not differ substantially by...

Die Studie untersucht die Funktionsfähigkeit des deutschen Technologiemarktes und identifiziert Hemmnisse für den Technologiehandel. Für Patentübertragungen zeigt sich auf dem deutschen und europäischen Technologiemarkt seit Mitte der 2010er Jahre eine stark nachlassende Dynamik. Der...

This project is part of a broader activity to prepare a compendium of evidence on the effectiveness of innovation policy intervention funded by NESTA (the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts) and coordinated by the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research. ZEW contributes...

European countries are currently faced with a variety of challenges, ranging from the new global distribution of economic activity, the diffusion of new, radical technologies to the aging of its population, youth unemployment and the aftermath of the economic and financial crisis. These...