Insgesamt gab es in Deutschland im Jahr 2008 über 72.000 Innovatoren ohne eigene FuE. Ihnen standen rund 54.000 forschende Innovatoren gegenüber. Gemessen an der Gesamtzahl von ca. 270.000 wirtschaftsaktiven Unternehmen im Jahr 2008 machen die Innovatoren ohne eigene FuE somit rund 27 % des...

This paper deals with the question of changing relations between business R&D (BERD), patents and output measures like value added and productivity (macro level) as well as EBIT and market capitalization (micro level) to analyze long-term/secular effects of technological change at different...

Within this study we provide descriptive as well as multivariate evidence on the effects of the German Excellence Initiative on universities. Thereby, we will focus on the question whether the Excellence Initiative has led to a sharpening of the participating universities' scientific profiles in...

We analyze the stagnating productivity levels observable across many Western economies during the last two decades. Relying on techniques to measure total factor productivities (TFP), we provide evidence for a set of 11 OECD countries observed over the period from 1993-2011 that TFP-levels...