The aim of the conference is to develop and to introduce new ways of how to make the acquisition of knowledge by SMEs more effective and how to turn this knowledge into new products and services. The perspectives of the various contributions are characterized by a mixture of theoretical and...

Theoretical, empirical and policy-oriented contributions from all areas of the economics of regulation are welcome. A non-exhaustive list of topics is: - Infrastructure Regulation in alternative Network-based Markets - Innovation in Downstream Industries - Regulation driven R&D and its Success...

Conference Theme: "Rethinking the Role of the University and Public Research for an Entrepreneurial Age"

Wie sind innovative Prozesse aufgebaut? Welche Antriebskräfte tragen die Innovation, und welche Hindernisse müssen sie überwinden? Wie können innovative Potenziale erschlossen und entfaltet werden? Das EU-Projekt Innovation Circus hat diese Fragen in einer neuen Art der Forschung untersucht.

The theory of path dependence continues to attract great interest in business, strategy and organization studies. An increasing number of scholars have started to use the theory for studying organizational inertia and fixed transaction patterns. The conference organized by the path dependency...

Topics: - Mergers and innovation incentives - Innovation and market power - The role of efficiencies in (vertical) mergers - Innovation and vertical integration - Dynamic efficiency and antitrust - Interplay between antitrust and innovation policy [gemäß den Informationen des Anbieters -...

Topics: Human Resources, Growth and Immigration, Health, Climate Change and the Environment, Energy, Water, Global Economy, Human Capital and Globalization, Education and Culture, Information Technology and Society.