On behalf of the German Federal Government, the Commission of Experts for Research and Innovation presents its second … measures to further strengthen the innovation potential of Germany. In particular in the present economic diffi culties …, research and innovation policies have a central role to play. The challenges faced are varied and were already named in the EFI …

Research and innovation are extremely important for Germany. New insights are generated by research, and new ways of … and innovation, and where the country ranks in the international innovation contest. The Federal Government of Germany … therefore decided in 2006 to establish an independent Commission of Experts on Research and Innovation (EFI), with the remit to …

On behalf of the Federal Government of Germany, the Commission of Experts for Research and Innovation presents its …

On behalf of the Federal Government of Germany, the Commission of Experts for Research and Innovation presents its …

On behalf of the Federal Government of Germany, the Commission of Experts for Research and Innovation presents its … and innovation in Part C are presented in a new format, which we hope will be more readily accessible for decision … 2010. The German innovation system has done fairly well in the crisis. In addition, appropriate importance has been …

On behalf of the Federal Government of Germany, the Commission of Experts for Research and Innovation presents its …

Schumpeterian competition in which incumbents and latecomers compete with innovation and imitation R&D. First, the results suggest … opposing effects exist by exploring latecomers' R&D allocation between innovation and imitation. The results highlight that …

incumbents. We examine the role in catch-up of late movers' optimal resource allocation between innovation and imitation … either imitation or innovation deters technological leadership change by late movers in the long run, since the leading firms … allocate more R&D resources to innovation and attempt technological leapfrogging. This transition from imitation to innovation …

We examine the role of latecomers’ optimal resource allocation between innovation and imitation in latecomers’ catch … leadership change. The results suggest that one-sided dependency upon either imitation or innovation deters technological … technological gap decreases, they should allocate more R&D resource to innovation. We also examine the role of several variables …