In this study, we contribute to the evaluation of the performance of the German science and research system by analyzing the dynamics of transnational patent filings of German inventors in an international comparison over the past 20 years. Besides country-specific analyses, we further...

In this study, we contribute to the evaluation of the performance of the German science and research system by analyzing the dynamics of transnational patent filings of German inventors in an international comparison over the past 20 years. Besides country-specific analyses, we further...

Hochentwickelte Volkswirtschaften wie Deutschland können im internationalen Wettbewerb am ehesten mit solchen Dienstleistungen und Gütern Erfolge erzielen und damit Wachstum und Beschäftigung sichern, die einen hohen Einsatz von Wissen und Technologie erfordern. Die Studie untersucht deshalb...

Mit der Fördermaßnahme zur "Internationalisierung von Spitzenclustern", die über die vergangenen 5 Jahre von Forschern des IfW Kiel wissenschaftlich begleitet wurde, rückt die Offenheit der Cluster für Impulse von außen in den Vordergrund. Ziel ist es, die Vorteile der räumlichen Nähe...

Pervasive new technologies associated with information and communication technologies and software are dominated by a restricted oligopoly of US-based corporations. The challengers are no longer European firms, but rather Japanese or Chinese companies. The actions taken by the EU to fill this...

This paper explores the relationship between new digital technologies, internationalisation activity and its impact on High Growth Enterprises (HGEs), using the EIB Group Survey of Investment and Investment Finance and ORBIS data for 27 EU Member States and the United Kingdom. After controlling...

Hochentwickelte Volkswirtschaften wie Deutschland können im internationalen Wettbewerb am ehesten mit solchen Dienstleistungen und Gütern Erfolge erzielen und damit Wachstum und Beschäftigung sichern, die einen hohen Einsatz von Wissen und Technologie erfordern. Die Studie untersucht deshalb...

The Entrepreneurial Ecosystems (EE) approach makes specific predictions regarding how EE inputs are converted into high-growth firms (HGFs) as an output. A simulation model draws out our hypothesis of regional persistence in HGF shares. Based on intuitions that EEs are persistent, we investigate...

The motives behind merger and acquisitions (M&A) are often linked with the opportunities to obtain knowledge and technologies in order to enhance the competitive advantages of companies. In particular, the acquisition of digital technologies through mergers and acquisitions with ICT companies is...

Mit der Fördermaßnahme zur "Internationalisierung von Spitzenclustern", die über die vergangenen 5 Jahre von Forschern des IfW Kiel wissenschaftlich begleitet wurde, rückt die Offenheit der Cluster für Impulse von außen in den Vordergrund. Ziel ist es, die Vorteile der räumlichen Nähe...

As an essential channel to obtain external resources and information, corporate networks have played a key role in enhancing the competitive advantage of firms, especially during the period where most of the high-technology firms in China started to directly seek means other than import...

Technology-based enterprises play a paramount role in blooming a country economically. Nevertheless, according to a society's capacity to launch such enterprises in various eras, their volume is less than expected in many economies. Therefore, establishing such enterprises is necessary for...

This paper investigates short-term effects of big tech start-up acquisitions on innovation empirically. Innovation research has found a strong positive, causal relationship between VC investment and innovation. Using this insight, we can explore the repercussions of big tech start-up...

Universities play a unique role in ecosystems of innovation. They interact with the other agents of the Triple Helix model, developing their functions in relation to each other and together with industry and government. Grounded in key conceptual frameworks-Triple Helix, Regional Innovation...

Pervasive new technologies associated with information and communication technologies and software are dominated by a restricted oligopoly of US-based corporations. The challengers are no longer European firms, but rather Japanese or Chinese companies. The actions taken by the EU to fill this...

The problems of exploitation of technological windows of opportunity are of particular scientific and practical interest in terms of the development of Russia’s national economy, and the Arctic region, which has a strong mineral and raw materials potential, is important in terms of its use for...

The goal to address broader societal problems by mission-oriented research and inno-vation policy has brought new demands for the governance and implementation to the forefront and led to a great diversity of missions. By developing a typology for the clas-sification of different types of...