Donald Trump gewann 2016 die Präsidentschaftswahlen, nachdem schon seit der Regierungszeit Ronald Reagans die oberen Einkommensschichten begünstigt worden waren. Der technische Fortschritt und die Globalisierung führten zu einem Wandel der Wirtschaftsstruktur zulasten der Mittel- und die...

Data is becoming increasingly important both for companies and for national economies. Since the full potential of business data can only be realised when several users exploit it simultaneously, data sharing is also becoming more common. However, such sharing is rendered more difficult by...

Digital transformation is changing the innovation landscape, not only of firms but also at the macro level. This study aims to analyse how configurations of European Union countries' innovation inputs that lead to innovation outputs are affected by the levels of national digital transformation....

Die griechischen Wahlen haben den Blick wieder auf die Südländer der Europäischen Währungsunion gelenkt. Wenn verkrustete Strukturen wichtige Krisenursachen waren, muss die Therapie dort ansetzen. Der Autor gibt einen Überblick über die Reformen in den Südländern in Hinblick auf...

Almost five decades after the creation of institutional governments at the regional level in Italy and the transfer of policy responsibilities to the regional administrations, this paper focuses on the more recent policy experience of Emilia-Romagna, in particular, its 2015 “patto per il...

In the context of increasing globalization, global competition and rapid change the EU sees innovation and its commercialization as an effective way to build long-term global competitive advantage. Innovation policy is a link between research and technological development policy and industrial...

This paper analyses theoretical and empirical scientific literature about the impact of technological innovations on unemployment, considering the former as a key driver of long-term productivity and economic growth. Using panel data from 25 European countries for the period of 2000–2012, we...

In the paper, the change in the innovation level of the Polish economy over the years 2007-2016 will be presented and a comparison of the innovation level between the Polish economy and those of the EU member states over the years 2010-2016 will be made. The aim of the paper is to find the...

Digitalization is changing the industrial sector and introducing new global challenges • EU industrial policy aims to counter these challenges by increasing industry’s share of value added • DIW Berlin analyses show that selected regions with a low share of industry can play an important...