The general objective of this Thematic Report is to introduce and provide reflections on the topic as well as provide shared results and conclusions from MLE participants of the current state of multi-stakeholder networks and related existing framework conditions at the national level. The...

Thomas Puls, Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft, Köln, sieht die deutsche Autoindustrie aufgrund früherer strategischer Entscheidungen relativ gut für den Strukturwandel gerüstet. Viele große Firmen sind gut vorbereitet, bei den kleinen Zulieferern müsse hingegen von spürbaren Verlusten...

Customer integration into the innovation process is about to become a best practice. The lead-user approach has proven to be especially valuable when reducing discontinuous innovation's market risk. Since the theory of customer integration still lacks a concept and processes, this article...

A high level independent Expert Group on Knowledge Transfer and Open Innovation was set up at the end of 2012 to assess if there is a case for more policy action on Open Innovation and Knowledge Transfer. In order to meet the objective, the Expert Group considered whether Europe performs below...

A high level independent Expert Group on Knowledge Transfer and Open Innovation was set up at the end of 2012 to assess if there is a case for more policy action on Open Innovation and Knowledge Transfer. In order to meet the objective, the Expert Group considered whether Europe performs below...

A high level independent Expert Group on Knowledge Transfer and Open Innovation was set up at the end of 2012 to assess if there is a case for more policy action on Open Innovation and Knowledge Transfer. In order to meet the objective, the Expert Group considered whether Europe performs below...