Anhand einer Befragung von slowenischen Industriebetrieben und Forschungseinrichtungen wird mittels deskriptiver und multivariater Statistik der Frage nachgegangen, in welcher Intensität und in welchen Formen Industriebetriebe mit externen Partnern im Innovationsprozess koorperieren und wie...

Information and knowledge are important prerequisites for innovation activity in firms. One important means of acquiring coplementary knowledge are innovation networks. Depending on their absortive capacity and knowledge base, firms develop different abilities to access and utilise external...

Für die Bewältigung der aktuellen Wirtschaftskrise wird Innovationen eine wichtige Bedeutung beigemessen. Nach dem Motto Stillstand ist Rückstand ermöglichen Innovationen bei Unternehmen, gestärkt aus der Krise hervorzugehen und durch marktreife Neuentwicklungen frühzeitig von einem...

Der deutsche Maschinenbau positioniert sich im internationalen Wettbewerb vorrangig als Technologie-, Innovations- und Qualitätsführer. Dies gelingt ihm bislang, obwohl die FuE-Intensität der Branche im Mittel nicht auf Spitzentechnologie hindeutet. Gepaart mit der hohen Komplexität der...

This paper deals with the conditions of effective transfer of technology from Universities and public research institutions to small and medium-sized enterprises. The theoretical and empirical analyses lead to the conclusion that the chances of improving the technology transfer does not lie in a...

This paper studies the effect of regional spillovers on the rate of firm formation in two major West German industries for the time period from 1989 to 1993. I exploit regional variations in firm formation at the county level to identify the effects of historically given industry structure and...

This paper analyses endogenous formation of technology sharing coalitions with asymmetric firms. Coalition partners produce complementary technology advancements, although firms do not co-operate on R&D investment level or in the product market. The equilibrium coalition outcome is either...

Does heterogeneity in the educational backgrounds of the founders matter for firm success? Are team foundations more successful than single entrepreneurs? These questions are analysed using data on academic spinoffs in Germany. Firm success is measured by employment growth. I find that team...

This paper contributes with empirical findings to European co-inventorship location and geographical coincidence of co-patenting networks. Based on EPO co-patenting information for the reference period 2000-2004, we analyze the spatial con figuration of 44 technology-specific co-inventorship...