Because of the high degree of technological complexity and the increasing convergence of new technologies, it is becoming more and more difficult to develop advanced products for those companies who solely rely on their own in-house `core competencies´. One possible response made to these...

Innovationsprojekte sind in der Regel durch ein hohes Maß an Komplexität und Unsicherheit gekennzeichnet. Für die effiziente Durchführung derartiger Innovationsprojekte ist der Einsatz eines Controllings erforderlich. Die Ergebnisse der RIS-Befragung sowie Aussagen von Verbandsvertretern der...

Technological advancements, especially in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have enhanced greatly the competition already spurred by the globalization of world economies. Even small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are no more immune to the challenges that the globalization...

Im Frühjahr 2006 wurde das Institut für Technologie- und Innovationsmanagement (TIM) an derTechnischen Universität Hamburg-Harburg (TUHH) von der Behörde für Wirtschaft und Arbeitder Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg (BWA) sowie der Innovationsstiftung Hamburg beauftragt,im Rahmen des von der...

Vorliegendes Arbeitspapier beschätigt sich mit dem internationalen Technologiemarketing. Dabei wird die Lizensierung als eine Form des Markteintrittes im Rahmen der Internationalisierung von Unternehmen betrachtet.

User innovation contributes significantly to societal advancement, particularly in developing novel products and services, offering substantial financial potential, and fostering the common good. This is particularly evident in medical science, where it addresses diverse needs and is often...

Securing access to “lead markets” is generally regarded as a key driver for the increasing globalization of innovation since these are considered to be “early indicators” for emerging customer needs. Such markets, therefore, offer a good chance of uncertainty reduction for in the...

With this paper we aim to contribute to the discussion about the difficulties that occur when trading technicalknowledge and particularly patents. Currently one can observe that markets for technology have been sizablegrowing, transaction obstacles are still immanent and technology market...

Traditionally the protection of intellectual property is regarded as a pre-condition for value capture. The rise of open source (OS) software and OStangible products, so-called open design, has challenged this understand-ing. Openness is often regarded as a dichotomous variable (open-source...

The deeply rooted changes in the structure of the Japanese population raise a number of critical questions that companies need to address. Demographic change is already influencing human resource management, marketing and sales in many companies today. This trend is likely to continue.Although...