The globalization of R&D activities has continued its growth path as companies are increasingly trying to capture knowledge and market opportunities internationally. The rapid evolution of national economies and the ways to conduct knowledge-intensive businesses has led researchers and analysts...

Der Reiseveranstalter wird in seiner Funktion als Teil eines globalen touristischen Interaktionssystems beschrieben. Dabei wird in einer ganzheitlichen Betrachtung gezeigt, welche Rolle insbesondere große Reiseveranstalter als Regler im Sinne einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung spielen können. Das...

The aim of this study is to provide a microeconomic investigation of the concept of entrepreneurship; in particular, it discusses the following issues: 1) the alternative ways of looking at entrepreneurship, distinguishing "creative destruction" from simple "turbulence"; 2) the different...

This study investigates how corporate R&D evolves in the light of the contemporary economic crisis. We study empirical evidence from past downturns, discuss the relevant literature and perform an empirical analysis of recent business survey data (collected during 2009). Pivotal for our...

Zabala-Iturriagagoitia J. M., Voigt P., Gutierrez-Gracia A. and Jimenez-Saez F. (2007) Regional innovation systems: how to assess performance, Regional Studies 41, 661-672. This paper applies a Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) methodology to the evaluation of regional innovation system...