The innovation policy of the German government and Länder provides small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with a wide range of programs to promote their research and development (R&D) and focuses, in particular, on the transfer of knowledge. In recent years, the programs have been...

Innovationsaktive kleine und mittlere Unternehmen (KMU) haben in einer arbeitsteiligen Wirtschaft eine wichtige Funktion. Sie tragen auch dazu bei, daß sich neue Technologien ausbreiten. Zu den Querschnittstechnologien, deren Beherrschung Voraussetzung für die technologische...

German corporations such as Volkswagen, Daimler, Bosch, and Siemens are among the most research intensive in the world. Despite increased expenditure on research and development (R&D) in other countries, the importance of Germany as a location for these companies is not decreasing. Foreign...

Im wirtschaftlichen Anpassungs- und Aufbauprozeß in Ostdeutschland haben kleine und mittlere Industrieunternehmen eine wichtige Rolle. So zeigen die Erfahrungen in Westdeutsch land, daß das Zusammenspiel von großen und kleinen Unternehmen eine wesentliche Voraussetzung für ein...

The innovation policy of the German government and Länder provides small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with a wide range of programs to promote their R & D and focuses, in particular, on the transfer of knowledge. In recent years, the programs have been streamlined and funding...

Many small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are unable to finance research and development (R & D) using only their internal resources. However, they have limited access to external financing loans for high-risk R & D projects. Therefore, funding programs initiated by the German government,...

Technological progress is a major prerequisite for economic growth and increases in per-capita incomes. The importance of knowledge flows from abroad is constantly growing in the course of globalization. Particularly in developing countries, imports of high-technology goods, requiring a high...