The design and implementation of innovation policy funding programmes has been the subject of scientific and political debate for decades. Especially the increasingly popular approach of mission-oriented innovation policies is a much discussed subject. The question of how missions arise, what...

China's technological capabilities are emerging rapidly and the country will become a major challenger to established nations in terms of R&D and innovation in the near future. For the moment, however, contradictory signals emerge from the Chinese economy leaving experts pondering about the...

There has been a wide acknowledgement of the role of foreign direct investment (FDI) for economic growth and development of states, regions and cities. Special attention has been paid to FDI flows to transition economies, which owe their economic and social transformation to a large extent to...

This paper assesses the extent to which cooperation impacts innovation performance of firms in rural regions characterized by a solid economic performance despite a low-technology industrial structure. Particular emphasis is placed on the spatial and functional dimension of cooperation. Generic...

In diesem Beitrag werden Hochschulen als Agenten des Wandels für eine nachhaltige Regionalentwicklung konzeptionell aus Perspektive der Transition-Forschung und der Multi-Level-Perspektive gefasst. Der Beitrag setzt sich zunächst mit der Zieldimension der nachhaltigen Regionalentwicklung in...

There has been a wide acknowledgement of the role of foreign direct investment (FDI) for economic growth and development of states, regions and cities. Special attention has been paid to FDI flows to transition economies, which owe their economic and social transformation to a large extent to...

There is a broad consensus in the literature in that R&D is a precondition for innovation and in turn, for economic growth. On the regional level, this implies that regions with a high stock of R&D should reveal better results when it comes to economic performance. This presumption has lead...

Das Ziel der Machbarkeitsstudie "Forschermobilität und Innovation" war es, Datenquellen und methodische Ansätze zu identifizieren, durch welche die internationale Mobilität von Forschen mit Deutschland als Ziel- und Herkunftsland besser als bislang erfasst und analysiert werden kann. Es...