As regularly stated by both international scholars and confirmed by the Chinese government itself socio-economic development in China remains highly uneven both sociologically and regionally. Conventional wisdom holds that the prevailing economic trend remains one of divergence rather than...

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...

The dynamic economic development of Guangdong province is one of the most prominent examples of China's catch-up in the course of the past two decades. Once chosen as the nation's first experimental field for the market economy, the province continued to participate above average in national...

[Einleitung ...] Das Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit ist es, die Vor- und Nachteile des Patentsystems aus ökonomischer Sicht zu beschreiben und die Unterschiede des europäischen und amerikanischen Systems in Bezug auf Patentierung von CIE herauszuarbeiten. Hierbei wird vor allem auch auf die...

[Einleitung] Unternehmen sind die zentralen Akteure eines Innovationssystems und bestimmen wesentlich die Innovationsleistung einer Volkswirtschaft. Sie identifizieren den Bedarf an Neuerungen bei ihren Kunden, greifen neue Forschungsergebnisse aus der Wissenschaft auf und bringen auf Basis...

[Introduction ...] The structure of this report is as follows. It starts with a brief review of the literature on international research collaboration, scientific mobility and return migration and a brief introduction to German migration behavior. The introduction to the topic is followed by a...

Empirical evidence shows that the distribution of patent applications is highly skewed in terms of company size, with a few large enterprises being responsible for the majority of patent applications. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), on the other hand, are important players in national...

[Einleitung] Nach mehrjährigen Diskussionen über politische Maßnahmen zum Umweltschutz und zur Nachhaltigkeit sowie im Zusammenhang mit der globalen Finanzkrise, haben eine Reihe von Regierungen weltweit, wie z.B. die USA, Japan, China, Deutschland und Frankreich, seit 2009 erneut Initiativen...

This study includes two expert reports, which are based on each other. At the core of the first expertise is the analysis of the patent application structures within the technological field of mechanical engineering and their evolution over time at an international level. Secondly, building on...

It is generally claimed that universities provide the scientific basis for future technological progress. Still, empirical evidence of the impact of direct links between universities and firms remains weak and is often at least inconsistent. This paper aims at contributing to the literature by...