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How mobility of R&D workers opens new avenues

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On the one hand, inventor mobility has been shown to have a positive effect on overall innovative activity. On the aggregate level, the fast development of new technologies in regional clusters such…

Tackling the challenges of EU financial integration

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Goods, services, people, and capital were envisioned to move freely across EU countries. The substantial contribution of the SM to growth and prosperity in Europe since then is undisputed. Today, the…

German-Chinese M&As: less emotion, more reason

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On the heels of a euphoric phase over new money from the Far East followed the fear phase of a “sellout” of German technology. Both are uncalled for. Successful (and less successful) examples of…

How to make crowdfunding work in Europe

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With an aggregate amount of almost €50 billion raised worldwide between 2010 and 2017, crowdfunding has attracted increasing economic, political and regulatory attention on the international level…

Beyond “bad apples” and “crooked executives”

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Large-scale corporate scandals continue making front-page news. The last 12 months have seen reports of software manipulation by two automakers, allegations of contribution to money laundering at…

Define, broadcast, attract and select: a framework for crowdsourcing

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Since its popularisation began nearly 15 years ago, internet crowdsourcing has gone from a leading-edge innovation practice to an almost obligatory technique. It’s no longer remarkable to see…

In Washington we trust?

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Back in the 1980s and 1990s, the twin forces of privatization and deregulation of public infrastructure services ascended to a global paradigm of progress and development. Government management of…

The upside of losing innovative employees to competitors

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Aside from offering benefits, they often rely on non-competes, trade secret protection and other legal means to avoid losing important talent and letting knowledge get into the hands of competitors…

Bioenergy in China: Can China learn from Germany’s experience?

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Despite signals of weaker growth for the Chinese economy, China’s appetite for energy is untamed. The International Energy Agency predicts that more than 1,300 GW of power generation will be added…

Germany offers blueprint for energy use

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As Russia seeks new ways of stimulating economic growth, the Economic Development Ministry under Alexei Ulyukayev in late January issued a plan to foster competition in the non-natural resource…