Das im Jahre 1999 ins Leben gerufene GET UP - Gründernetzwerk hatte zum Ziel, die Zahl technologie- bzw. wissensbasierter Unternehmensgründungen in Thüringen spürbar zu steigern und die Gründeratmosphäre an den beteiligten Hochschulen nachhaltig zu verbessern. Der Beitrag analysiert hierzu...

The paper provides an insight into the efforts of Germany to create a culture of entrepreneurship at higher-education institutions and to promote university-based start-ups. The focus is on one particular network initiative - GET UP - which is part of the federal program EXIST University-based...

In 2002 a survey conducted by the University of Applied Sciences Jena pointed out that many young technology-based firms in the Free State of Thuringia in Germany strive for international contacts. 50% of the enterprises that have been surveyed operated internationally, 40 % intends to establish...

Die Bedeutung der Hochschulen im Innovationsprozess von Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft kann nicht hoch genug veranschlagt werden. Ihre Aufgaben beschränken sich nicht mehr nur auf die Generierung und Vermittlung von Wissen, hinzugetreten ist mittlerweile auch die sog. Entrepreneurial Science, die...

Applying a variant of a non-parametric matching estimator, we consider European funding and national funding as heterogeneous treatments, distinguishing and simultaneously analyzing the effect these treatments have on innovation input and performance. In terms of input, getting funding from both...

This study focuses on the effect of public funding on internal R&D investment and on total innovation intensity on a cross-country comparative level. Using harmonised micro data from five different countries, this study analyzes the heterogeneity of the use of policy instruments. Applying a...

The German biotechnology industry missed the accession of this key technology in the 1980s. Policy makers make different efforts to overcome shortcomings and recent gaps. Public funding schemes have been implemented to establish a flourish biotech industry in Germany. We assume that R&D policy...

This study examines the effect of R&D tax credits on innovation activities of Canadian manufacturing firms. Over the 1997-1999 period the Federal and Provincial R&D tax credit programs were used by more than one third of all manufacturing firms and by close to two thirds of firms in...