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...

Innerhalb eines Lehrforschungsprojektes wurde ein komplexes Wirkungsgefüge der Bewerbungsstrategie von Hochschulabsolventen entwickelt, das allen Beteiligten einen vertieften Einblick in das Problemfeld gab. Ziel des Lehrforschungsprojektes war es, den Teilnehmern im verwendeten...

This paper uses a game theoretic model to investigate the 1993-94 split-up of the main German pharmaceutical association into an association for multinational, researchbased companies and an association representing small and medium-sized firms. In order to explain the breakdown of cooperation...

The demographic history of the Jews in the Middle Ages may be characterized by two main phenomena: i) a sharp drop in the number of Jews until the beginning of the modern period, due mainly to conversions; and, ii) early urbanization. Until now, these features have been analyzed as primarily...

Many episodes of extension of franchise in the 19th and especially in the 20th century occurred during or in the aftermath of major wars. Motivated by this fact, we offer a theory of political transitions which focuses on the impact of international conflicts on domestic political institutions....