Center for International Economics and Business

We analyze the internationalization of the Swiss economy with a focus on structural change, innovation and digital transformation.

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Public Event & Panel Discussion

The Power of Multinational Companies

In the series "Innovation in the Global Economy," we anticipate a very renowned guest in the auditorium of the Kollegienhaus on Thursday, December 5, 2024: Professor Pol Antràs from Harvard University will deliver a lecture on the topic «The Power of of Multinational Companies: Global Value Chains and the Future of Globalization». more

Project commissoned by the Employers' Association of the Region of Basel

Arbeitgeberbarometer 2025

The Employers' Barometer was commissioned by the Basel Region Employers' Association and sheds light on the current situation and the challenges faced by the members of the Basel Region Employers' Association. more

New Publication

Is there a secular decline in disruptive patents? Correcting for measurement bias

Despite tremendous growth in the volume of new scientific and technological knowledge, the popular press has recently raised concerns that disruptive innovation is slowing. We challenge these findings (for patents), principally around concerns of truncation bias and exclusion bias. We show that 88 percent of the decrease in the average CD index over 1980–2010 reported by Park et al. (2023) can be explained by their truncation of all backward patent citations before 1976. more

New article published

Introducing DynaPTI–constructing a dynamic patent technology indicator using text mining and machine learning

We assisted Econsight GmbH in publishing the methodology of a data-based approach they developed to assess firms' innovation activities in a scientific journal. The article is available in open access. more

New Publication (in German)

How does Switzerland position as a R&D location in the digital era?

Today, groundbreaking innovations are mainly in the digital domain. However, innovations in Switzerland tend to focus on traditional, analog areas. In a new article for "Die Volkswirtschaft," we analyze what this could mean for Switzerland as a center of innovation? more

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