Entrepreneurship in Germany has been stagnating. As a result, the effectiveness of technological innovation to improve labor productivity weakened, which has been implicated in rising income inequality and poverty. In this paper we provide an overview of technological innovation and labor...

Technological innovation has historically contributed to inclusive economic growth in Germany. In more recent decades, however, this contribution has weakened due to the declining impact of technological innovation on labor productivity growth. Fearing that this declining impact would undermine...

In this paper, we describe the historical co-evolution of innovation and economic growth in Germany since 1871. The country's rise as an industrial power in the late 19th century, through its innovation and entrepreneurial performance, is contrasted with the post-World War II period. This latter...

Technological innovation has historically contributed to inclusive economic growth in Germany. In more recent decades, however, this contribution has weakened due to the declining impact of technological innovation on labor productivity growth. Fearing that this declining impact would undermine...

Duties and taxes on cars are an important source of revenue for European governments and the tax systems are also designed with the goal of achieving environmental policy objectives. A systematic and quantitative comparison of passenger car taxation in 30 European countries shows significant...

This study investigates predictors of scientists' intentions to commercialize their research through business founding. Analyzing a cross-sectional sample of 496 German scientists, we develop and test an intentions-based model of academic entrepreneurship combining personal and contextual...

We examine ownership patterns of German university-invented patents before and after the abolition of the professors' privilege in 2002 to explore how the legal change affected patenting activities. Our data show a shift from individually-owned and firm-owned patents to university-owned patents,...

Die Digitalisierung bringt weitreichende Änderungen für Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft mit sich. Vor diesem Hintergrund hat das Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie als Teil der Umsetzungsstrategie "Digitalisierung gestalten" der Bundesregierung im Dezember 2020 ein Konzeptpapier für...

In einer digital vernetzten Welt mit zunehmenden geopolitischen Spannungen kann eine Digitalpolitik nicht mehr länger nur national fokussiert sein, sondern muss darüber hinaus auch internationale Themen in den Blick nehmen. Die Bundesregierung strebt die Erstellung einer Strategie für...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is likely to be the next general purpose technology. The U.S. and China are important players in thedevelopment of AI. Germany has a vibrant AI startup scene and is among the first third of EU countries in applying AI technologies. Inorder not to lose touch with...