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...

Germany has advanced to the position of a key destination for Indian multinational enterprises in their spirited pursuit of growth opportunities overseas. In 2008, Indian firms invested an estimated amount of US$ 1.8 billion in Germany while 16 acquisitions by Indian firms were monitored, up...

Die Globalisierung hat die Weltwirtschaft in den letzten Jahren signifikant verändert. GlobaleTrends lassen Märkte weiter zusammenwachsen, so dass der Distanzschutz immer wenigerwirkt. Dies zwingt Unternehmen jeder Größe zu Veränderungen, um wettbewerbsfähig zubleiben. Das Thema der...

Nach Jahren des Überdenkens und der bloßen Optimierung unternehmensinterner Prozesse undStrukturen sowie der isolierten Anwendung diverser Ansätze wie „Lean Management“ und„Lean Production“ fällt der Fokus zunehmend auf innovatorische Kräfte innerhalb der Unternehmung,gerade weil...

Ziel der vorliegenden Untersuchung war es, Hemmnisse im Innovationsprozess von KMU aus ausgewählten Branchen in der Metropolregion Hamburg zu ermitteln. Die übergeordnete Ziel-setzung war, dass praxisgerechte KMU-spezifische Lösungsmaßnahmen ausgearbeitet werden, die den wirtschaftlichen...

In this study we research user integration in the German service industry. Goal is to explorethe industrial practice with regard to four dimensions of user integration, i.e., why, whom,how, and how successful the service industry integrates to find novel service ideas. Data iscollected from a...

Motivation of this paper is to discuss that the open source model of innovation does not only seem practical in the software industry, but also in various other industrial contexts. We develop the concept of Open Source Innovation (OSI) as a generalisation of the open source model of software...

In recent years India has emerged as a major destination for corporate research and development (R&D), especially for multinational corporation. India's domestic instituions like Indian Space Organisation (ISRO), Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), and the Centre for...

Innovations have acquired a key-role in the growth and competition strategies of firms today.They are regarded as an essential tool to stimulate growth and enable firms to master thecompetition brought about by the forces of globalization. In developed countries they arethought to provide a...

The wide-ranging economic developments of the previous decade, e.g. the integration ofworld economies, have made a significant impact towards increasing the mobility of theworking populace and their families. At the same time, technological developments especiallyin the field of...