overall structure of the German innovation system and in particular the role of non-university research (Section B 1). It then …). Twenty years after German reunification, research and innovation policies in eastern Germany are reviewed (Section B 3). The …

Research and innovation are extremely important for Germany. New insights are generated by research, and new ways of … research and innovation, and where the country ranks in the international innovation contest. The Federal Government of Germany … therefore decided in 2006 to establish an independent Commission of Experts on Research and Innovation (EFI), with the remit to …

On behalf of the German Federal Government, the Commission of Experts for Research and Innovation presents its second … measures to further strengthen the innovation potential of Germany. In particular in the present economic difficulties …, research and innovation policies have a central role to play. The challenges faced are varied and were already named in the EFI …

innovation policy, in its 2011 report the Commission focuses on four main points. In Chapter B 1, firstly, it discusses the … tensions between Federal and Länder competencies in education, research and innovation policy. It calls for elimination of the … Commission considers the European dimension of research and innovation, which has been gaining importance since 2000. It …

Innovation gilt als der Schlüssel zu Wirtschaftswachstum und in der modernen Ökonomie nimmt der Entrepreneur dabei die … Grundvoraussetzung für Innovation und Wachstum fördern. Speziell infolge der Banken- und Staatsschuldenkrise sieht Europa erneut …Innovation is regarded as the key to economic growth and entrepreneurs take a leading role in promoting innovation in …

In Germany there is considerably less innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) than in large companies …. The government's arrangements for promoting innovation provide only a limited corrective here, not least because they are … on R&D. If the EU's target of raising innovation intensity to 3 percent of GDP is to be achieved, however, policymakers …

seven aspects, the study focuses on the need for research and on obstacles to innovation when it comes to implementing … resources within the companies themselves are felt to present considerable obstacles to innovation. In its final chapter, the …

its various socioeconomic dimensions concludes that nanotechnology is rightly viewed as a key innovation. It can be used …

Germany comes a respectable sixth out of 28 national economies compared in the 2012 Innovation Monitor. Of the top … economies of Europe need to take seriously. A company survey conducted for the Innovation Monitor has made clear that skilled … workers with occupational training and high school degrees are very important for an economy's strength in innovation. The …