The creation of spinoff companies is often promoted as a desirable mechanism for transferring knowledge and technologies from research organizations to the private sector for commercialization. In the promotion process, policymakers typically treat these “university” spinoffs like industry...

Obtaining indicators on innovation activities of firms has been a challenge in economic research for a long time. The most frequently used indicators - R&D expenditure and patents - provide an incomplete picture as they represent inputs and throughputs in the innovation process. Output...

Mit dieser Studie wird die Liste forschungsintensiver Industrien - die sogenannte "Hochtechnologie-Liste" - auf Basis der aktuellen Klassifikation der Wirtschaftszweige (WZ 2008) in aktualisierter Form vorgelegt. Die neue "ISI/ZEW/SV-Liste" deckt, in tief gegliederter Ebene, sowohl den...

This paper examines how university research alliances and other cooperative links with universities contribute to startup employment growth. We argue that “scientific absorptive capacity” at the startup is critical for reaping the benefits from university research alliances, but not...