Vorwort -- 1. Welche Herausforderungen haben wir in der neuen Arbeitswelt? -- 2. Wie können virtuelle Arbeitswelten helfen? -- 3. Was können wir aus der Praxis lernen? -- 4. Was weiß die Wissenschaft? – Einige Erkenntnisse für die Praxis -- 5. Wohin bewegen wir uns? -- 6. Anhang: Weitere...

The goal of this paper is to point out the role played by private equity investors (venture-capital companies and corporate investors) in the emergence of a new biotechnology industry in Germany in the second half of the 90's. This analysis takes into account the different business models and...

With its Leading-Edge Cluster Competition (in German: Spitzencluster-Wettbewerb; LECC), the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, BMBF) is supporting innovation clusters in a nationwide contest for the first time. In three waves, 15 cluster...