Die Arbeit stellt die erste umfassende Untersuchung der wirtschaftlichen Relevanz von Hochschulbildung und Wissenschaft für Hamburg dar. Die Ergebnisse lassen sich aber durchaus auf vergleichbare Anwendungsfälle übertragen. Hinzu kommt, daß die Autoren teilweise (für Deutschland) neue...

All former Soviet Union countries experience their past as a heavy burden. It led to the centralisation of scientific personnel, the separation of research from teaching at universities, and a concentration of certain branches of technology in different parts of the Union. This has given rise to...

This paper investigates the strategic decisions of two identical duopolists, who choose production technology as well as product differentiation through their R&D investment. The product market is characterized by heterogeneous Cournot competition. Firms have an incentive to invest in both...