This article contributes to the debate on the systemic effects of technology policy by investigating knowledge spillovers of pre-competitive publicly funded Industrial Collective Research (ICR) in Germany. The ICR aims to compensate for obstacles faced by SME in carrying out research and...

In this paper, we evaluate the success of publicly supported business start-ups by comparing the outcomes of various support measures. Our question is: do business starter get what they need? Since we do not know the needs of the founders we analyse (1) who received which kind of support...

Der vorliegende Bericht stellt in einer "Zwischenbilanz" die zentralen Ergebnisse der Erweiterten Erfolgskontrolle des Programms zur Förderung der IGF dar. Diese Evaluation wurde vom RWI Essen und der Wirtschafts- und Sozialforschung Kerpen (WSF) im Zeitraum Juni 2005 bis Juli 2007 im Auftrag...

[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...

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...

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...

[Introduction ...] This paper describes the current STI policies of the Sino-German collaboration from a German perspective. It starts with the policies and the actions on the governmental level. Section three tries to briefly depict the effective implementation and the outcomes of these...

It is well known that the number of China's publications has increased at a remarkable rate over the last three decades. However, many related issues still remain unknown, like the scientific impact of those papers, the journals in which Chinese scientists publish their papers, and the...