This paper discusses the role of so-called national champions within the context of the EU's ambitious goal to become the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economic region in the world by 2010. We find football to be a useful analogy in our discussion of national champions. There are...

This paper discusses the role of so-called national champions within the context of the EU's ambitious goal to become the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economic region in the world by 2010. We find football to be a useful analogy in our discussion of national champions. There are...

Nach der Coronapandemie wird die deutsche Wirtschaft durch den Angriff skrieg Russlands auf die Ukraine von einem weiteren exogenen Schock getroff en. Neben gestörten Lieferketten, fehlenden Rohstoff en und Fachkräften kommen nun Energieknappheit und Infl ation hinzu und belasten die deutsche...

This paper examines regional effects of the InnoRegio program, which was conducted by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. The InnoRegio program has been a new tool of innovation policy with the aim to improve innovativeness in East Germany on the basis of prosperous regional...

The article analyses the implications of reduced subsidies for electric cars in Germany, to be implemented 2023. In addition to high electricity price increases, rising costs for lithium-ion batteries habe cut into the incentive and will lead to decreasing sales of electric vehicles in the...

In the medium to long term, the manufacturing sector faces considerable challenges due to the necessary digital and ecological transformation as well as the new geopolitical situation. The new general conditions require an industrial and innovation policy oriented towards sustainability, climate...

In December 2022, the German Pension Insurance announced an estimated surplus of €2.1 billion for the past year. President Roßbach partly explained this balance was due to the 'Corona Pandemic, which has led to an increase in mortality, especially among older people'. Here, the author takes a...

In der Januarausgabe 2023 veröffentlichte der Wirtschaftsdienst einen Aufsatz mit dem Titel 'Dürrezeit für das Elektroauto steht bevor' von Ferdinand Dudenhöffer und Helena Wisbert. Robert Seiler und Dieter Wermuth vertreten in einer Replik eine andere Auffassung, im Anschluss erläutern...