systems of innovation lead to the conclusion that countries differ in the way in which knowledge flows and that innovation … importance of the interactions and linkages among acteurs and institutions involved in innovation and technology development of a … country and calls such a web of interaction a national innovation system. The theoretical and empirical analyses on national …

Innovation processes toward sustainable development (eco-innovations) have received increasing attention during the … need can be identified to improve our understanding of innovation processes toward sustainability in their different … (co-)evolutionary approaches from environmental and innovation economics to fill this gap. It is argued that both …

In Germany there is considerably less innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) than in large companies …. The government's arrangements for promoting innovation provide only a limited corrective here, not least because they are … on R&D. If the EU's target of raising innovation intensity to 3 percent of GDP is to be achieved, however, policymakers …

seven aspects, the study focuses on the need for research and on obstacles to innovation when it comes to implementing … resources within the companies themselves are felt to present considerable obstacles to innovation. In its final chapter, the …

impact of public technology policies on innovation of firms located in Eastern Germany. The main question is whether public … funding stimulates innovation activities or whether crowding-out effects between public and private means occur. A non … companies would have invested remarkably less if they had not participated in public innovation policy schemes. …

zuletzt 3,2 Prozent mehr als halbiert hat und die Unternehmen beim Streben nach Innovation zunehmend alleinlässt. … comprehensive weakness of innovation in eastern Germany is the economic area of Jena. Over the course of time, the differences … innovation go hand in hand with a dearth of innovative start-ups and patent applications and slow progress towards Industry 4 …