A large number of the challenges facing us today, whether socio-economic, environmental or scientific, are common to many countries. Globalisation, and the rapid development into world markets of emerging economies like Brazil, China and India further amplifies these challenges. The EU's seventh...

Auf der Grundlage der Literatur werden wesentliche Hypothesen zu den Arbeitsbedingungen und zum Erfolgspotential europäisch geförderter F&E-Kooperationen aufgestellt und in einer empirischen Untersuchung überprüft.

In this essay I discuss the role of cooperation in the process of innovation. I argue for a reorientation of the way we conceptualize economic behavior, taking account of the centrality of cooperation as a driving force of economic dynamism. I also seek to distinguish between different forms of...

The concept of reciprocity gains importance where there is no external authority to enforce agreements. Many legal systems foster meta-rules of reciprocity to facilitate cooperative outcomes. This paper considers the role of reciprocity rules in various strategic environments. We start by...