Technological advancements, especially in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)have enhanced greatly the competition spurred by the globalization of the world economies. Evensmall and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are no more immune to the challenges that theglobalization brings...

Vor dem Hintergrund der hohen Bedeutung von Kooperationen in der Forschung und Entwicklung (FuE) in der Biotechnologie-Branche analysieren die Autoren mit einer empirischen Untersuchung relevante Einflussfaktoren auf die Effizienz von zwischenbetrieblichen FuE-Projekten. Basierend auf...

Because of the high degree of technological complexity and the increasing convergence of new technologies, it is becoming more and more difficult to develop advanced products for those companies who solely rely on their own in-house `core competencies´. One possible response made to these...