Der Innovationsindikator 2012 der Deutsche Telekom Stiftung und des Bundesverbands der Deutschen Industrie bewertet den aktuellen Stand der Innovationsleistung Deutschlands im Vergleich mit den wichtigsten Wettbewerbern auf den internationalen Märkten. Er fasst alle wesentlichen Faktoren in den...

Der Innovationsindikator erfasst die Innovationsbedingungen am Wirtschaftsstandort Deutschland und vergleicht diese mit den weltweit führenden Industriestaaten. Die Innovationsleistung wird für fünf Teilbereiche - Wirtschaft, Wissenschaft, Bildung, Staat und Gesellschaft - erfasst und zu...

We study the cyclicality of public R&D in 28 OECD countries (1995 – 2017). While procyclical on average, public R&D reacts asymmetrically over different phases of the business cycle and becomes a cyclical during recessions. It is also heterogeneous across countries: Innovation leaders and...

We contribute to the existing research about policy-induced technology adoption in several ways. First, we suggest a new survey design to measure the energy-related policy environment. Second, we simultaneously estimate the policy effects for the adoption propensity and the adoption intensity...

The present study investigates the effects of energy-related technologies on economic performance at firm level. We distinguish clearly between adoption and use of energy-related technologies (process innovation in the broad sense) and product innovation in energy-related fields. We take into...

Circular economy (CE) describes an economic concept that aims at saving resources by minimizing the use of material and energy over the entire life-cycle or products, including repair, reuse and recycling. CE innovations help to realize the goals of a sustainable development and target both the...