In this paper, we describe the creation of an (updated) probabilistic concordance between industry sectors on the one hand and technology fields on the other. In an earlier publication (Neuhäusler et al., 2017) we have already provided an early version of this scheme, thereby focusing on the...

This paper deals with the question of changing relations between business R&D (BERD), patents and output measures like value added and productivity (macro level) as well as EBIT and market capitalization (micro level) to analyze long-term/secular effects of technological change at different...

Within this study we provide descriptive as well as multivariate evidence on the effects of the German Excellence Initiative on universities. Thereby, we will focus on the question whether the Excellence Initiative has led to a sharpening of the participating universities' scientific profiles in...

[Zusammenfassung ...] Deutschland gehört zu den innovationsstärksten Ländern der Welt und belegt unverändert Rang vier im Innovationsindikator - allerdings erreicht das deutsche Innovationssystem in keinem der Teilbereiche Wirtschaft, Wissenschaft, Bildung, Staat und Gesellschaft eine...

[Einleitung] Während der Phase seit der ersten Hightech-Strategie sind die Aufwendungen für Forschung und Entwicklung im öffentlichen wie auch im privaten Bereich angestiegen. Dieser Mittelaufwuchs kann ursächlich mit der Hightech-Strategie in Zusammenhang gebracht werden. Im Jahr 2012 wurde...

This discussion paper addresses policy learning and policy implementation in China since about 2006. In particular, the potential change of research and innovation policy under Xi Jinping is discussed, as well as core policies and strategies to further improve the Chinese innovation system and...

Calls for technology sovereignty in Europe were becoming louder even before the current Corona crisis. Growing geopolitical uncertainties and the threat of global trade conflicts are questioning the optimism of recent decades concerning the interdependence of our economies. In Germany, this is...