Implementation of suitable innovation packages into cropping systems is required to address the issues of food security and improvement of the crop yield in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, quantification of the effects of innovation packages such as increase in fertilizer application rates,...

This study was prepared by Nadine Fabritz while she was working at the Ifo Institute for Economic Research in the Department for Human Capital and Innovation. It was completed in June 2014 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich in October...

We examine the role of universities in knowledge production and industrial change using historical evidence. Political shocks led to a profound pro-science shift in German universities around 1800. To study the consequences, we construct novel microdata. We find that invention and manufacturing...

The 'doing-using-interacting mode' of innovation (DUI) is considered an important component of innovative activity. It describes informal innovative activities and complements the 'science-technology-innovation mode' (STI) which is based on research and development. A common demarcation...

We examine the role of universities in knowledge production and industrial change using historical evidence. Political shocks led to a profound pro-science shift in German universities around 1800. To study the consequences, we construct novel microdata. We find that invention and manufacturing...

Within the debate on the role of competition law in standard essential patents (SEPs) litigation, German case law has gained centre stage because of the number of decisions handed down and its traditional patent owner-friendly approach. As the framework handed down by the European Court of...

Die Europäische Kommission unterstützt die Entwicklung und Nutzung von Datenschutz-Gütesiegeln. Diese sollen die Konformität von Produkten und Dienstleistungen mit Datenschutzregeln zertifizieren und Verbrauchern Produktauswahl und -vergleiche erleichtern. In Deutschland plant die...

Based on a sample of 946 German insurance intermediaries, the factors that affect the quality of the information services provided by them are studied using OLS-estimations. Applying a search theoretical approach, we analyze the impact of supply and demand side variables on service quality....

Die Europäische Kommission unterstützt die Entwicklung und Nutzung von Datenschutz-Gütesiegeln. Diese sollen die Konformität von Produkten und Dienstleistungen mit Datenschutzregeln zertifizieren und Verbrauchern Produktauswahl und -vergleiche erleichtern. In Deutschland plant die...

Spanish Abstract: Los gobiernos se enfrentan a una gran presión desde todas las direcciones: las restricciones presupuestarias, las expectativas de los ciudadanos, las tendencias demográficas, la competencia local – por nombrar algunos. El gobierno electrónico es considerado una herramienta...