Foresight has emerged as a key instrument for the development and implementation of research and innovation policy. The main focus of activity has been at the national level. Governments have sought to set priorities, to build networks between science and industry and, in some cases, to change...

Evaluation of research and innovation policy faces radical challenges arising from a new policy emphasis upon demand-side measures and linked to this an understanding of innovation policy as a means to achieve societal goals. This article considers the implications for the practice of evaluation...

Ist das bestehende Patentrecht für Erfindungen im Bereich der Softwareentwicklung angemessen? Weitgehend unklar ist bislang, wie sich die bestehende Rechtspraxis sowie alternative Formen der Patentierung hinsichtlich software-bezogener Erfindungen auswirken. Gleichzeitig sind aber bisher auch...

Foresight has experienced a great upswing in the last few years, partly in view of the Millenium. Innovations for our Future describes not only the big development trends of the future in research and technology, but also the re-discovery of the Delphi method. The Delphi method is not new, but...