We compare trends in mortality, nutritional status and food supply to other living standard indicators for the early years of the Nazi period. We find that Germany experienced a substantial increase in mortality rates in most age groups in the mid-1930s, even relative to those of 1932, the worst...

In this study, we compared the profile of German Transnational Patents with the patenting profiles of other countries from several different angles. Germany is a stronghold in international patenting in terms of the absolute number of filings (ranked the third only after the United States and...

Innovationen sind ein zentrales Element zur Erhaltung der Wettbewerbsfähigkeit Deutschlands in einer globalisierten Weltwirtschaft. Waren die Innovationsanstrengungen von Wirtschaft und Politik in der Vergangenheit vorrangig darauf ausgerichtet, auf Forschung und Entwicklung basierende...