Third-Party Projects
Third-Party Projects
The ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research in Mannheim is a non-profit and independent institute. It is a member of the Leibniz Association and one of Germany's leading economic research institutes. I have coordinated three scientific consultancy projects for the German Ministry of Education and Research and have been a member of a variety of project teams as part of my work at ZEW. Frequent collaboration partners in our projects have been the Fraunhofer ISI and the Stifterverband. Feel free to let me know if I can give you additional information on a particular project or my role in it.
KIWI is focused on the large-scale identification of knowledge transfer channels on firm and university websites. It aims at taking stock of the usage of different knowledge transfer channels by firms and universities in Germany by employing machine learning technics and analyzing their success factors.
Duration: 08.2022 to 07.2025
Funding: EUR 299.071
PHOEBUS investigates the heterogeneous effects of private universities on the performance of regional firms and regional firm foundations in Germany within a difference-in-differences design. Thus, it adds to the rare evidence on the importance of an increasing number of private universties.
Duration: 07.2023 to 06.2026
Funding: EUR 147.916
INDISYS examines innovation indicators and their limitations. The heart of the project forms the organization of two expert workshops around the topic, whereas one takes the impact of COVID-19 into account. The workshops are augmented by several expert briefs covering and extending their content.
Duration: 11.2018 to 05.2021
Funding: EUR 84.805
PUBMOTIVE investigates the publication activities of firms in Germany. It examines the motives of firms and their employees to publish in scientific journals, outlines the development of firm publishing during recent years, and analyses the interaction of publishing with firms' success and other IP strategies.
Duration: 06.2018 to 12.2020
Funding: EUR 102.278
12.2021 to 06.2022
Trends in Research and Development Expenditure in Germany from an International Perspective
09.2021 to 03.2022
Drivers and Barriers for Innovation in the German SME sector
07.2019 to 03.2021
Evaluation of BMBF's Research Programme "ICT 2020 - Research for Innovation"
06.2020 to 12.2020
The Link between Digitalisation and Innovation in SMEs
04.2019 to 02.2020
Innovation and Knowledge Transfer by Firms in Biotechnology Clusters in Germany
04.2019 to 02.2020
Identifying Interdisciplinary Topics in Projects of the BMBF Direct Project Funding Schemes
01.2019 to 12.2020
Public Procurement and Firm Innovation
01.2018 to 02.2019
09.2017 to 10.2018
08.2017 to 06.2018
Productivity Paradox in the Manufacturing of Machinery and Equipment Industry
06.2017 to 03.2018
Literature Survey on the Productivity Slowdown and its Relation to Innovation Activities
03.1995 to 11.2025
Mannheim Innovation Panel: Innovation Activities of Enterprises in Germany