The main purpose of GRASP is to address policy concerns associated with growth in an integrated analytical framework. This framework is built on the Schumpeterian growth approach developed by Philippe Aghion. It emphasizes quality-improving innovation in imperfectly competitive markets and suggests that optimal growth policy may depend on levels of technological (and financial) development and on...
The INDICSER project has the aim to identify and develop performance indicators of service sectors in attempting to understand economic developments in these sectors and their impact on aggregate growth. Therefore, the main objective of the INDICSER project is to develop indicators which are able to provide information on the determinants of growth in service sectors in the European Union. To this...
Completed Project| Firms and Markets, Public Economics
It is widely recognised that intellectual assets are major determinants of the generation of innovation and thus of the enhancement of growth, employment and competitiveness of the EU. The importance of R&D and innovation is also explicitly acknowledged in the "Lisbon process". However, our knowledge of the contribution of intangibles to economic performance is still incomplete. While firms...
The city of Luckenwalde belongs along with four out of Brandenburg's 16 branch competences to regional growth areas. The branches with exceptional growth potential in the regional growth area Luckenwalde are biotechnology, automotive, food industry, as well as metal.
The main goal of this project is to examine and evaluate innovation capabilities and potentials, as well as the determinants and...
The study "Innovation Indicator for Germany 2009" was performed by Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (the DIW, German Institute for Economic Research). It offers scientifically-based calculations and evaluations about the current innovation capacity of Germany in an international comparison, taking new research results and single indicators into account. In the report, which has appeared...
As part of this research project DIW Berlin will use "output indicators" to evaluate the technological capability of Germany. Market results for research-intensive goods and knowledge-based services are analysed according to foreign trade streams as well as overall production and productivity trends. The study aims to establish Germany's position against its key competitors in terms of the supply...
The motives, strategies and repercussions of the internationalisation of R&D in multinational corporations will be analysed and evaluated from a German viewpoint. The study incorporates
an international comparison of R&D among German companies abroad and
an international comparison of R&D among foreign companies in Germany.
The evolution of R&D expenditure and R&D...
The purpose of the project is to measure the digitalisation of the German economy and to track its development over time. The results will serve as an evidence-based framework for decision makers in policy and business. The project comprises several topics. DIW Berlin focuses on the analysis of the productivity effects of digitization.
In sectors of general interests, the economic activity of the state decreased over decades as a consequence of privatisation and liberalisation. Recently, local governments began to remunicipalise in the energy and water sector, thereby creating a new and modern generation of state-owned firms. These firms, however, differ in organisation and production environment from the state monopolists of...
Completed Project| Firms and Markets, Energy, Transportation, Environment
Municipal infrastructure firms are facing major challenges. On the one hand, they are operating under an increased pressure to reduce costs due to growing intensive competition and shifting regulatory processes. On the other hand, they have to fulfill new environmental requirements that result from new energy and climate policy objectives and demographic changes. Recent privatizations have not...