A structural analysis of the German economy is complemented by an analysis of the potential which is maybe not yet ready for economic use. Germany's science and research systems have great potential which industries have not yet used. The structural link between Germany's innovation and science...

Scientific performance should not be measured by a one-dimensional metric such as publication, since it is a multi-dimensional phenomenon. A quantitative analysis of the activities of research groups in three scientific fields demonstrates in particular the importance of sufficient numbers of...

Recent political initiatives and changes in the intellectual property rights systems of European countries call for improved evaluation methods. The aim of this article is to present a new approach to the identification of academic patents and to test its applicability. The approach is based on...

The analysis of services is difficult, due to a lack of appropriate statistical data. In this context, service marks prove to be an interesting novel indicator, showing a significant correlation to innovation. They allow the examination of structures and specialisation in service subsectors, in...

This article investigates whether the recently established new public management reforms in Germany are coherent, that is, do they confront the individual researchers with unambiguously expressed expectations about their task profile? Using a large micro-dataset from four different disciplines,...

It has long been a tradition in the field of innovation research to use quantitative indicators to measure the extent of innovation activities and analyze them in from a comparative cross-national perspective. For instance, using patents is an established way of assessing innovation output in...

International patent applications, according to the Patent Co-operation Treaty, enjoy increasing popularity, as they provide various advantages for the applicants. The enormous growth of this type of application path has a relevant impact on patent statistics and therefore on patent indicators....

The basic juridical problems of patents are explained in order to identify systematic restrictions of the legal protection and thus of patent indicators. The analysis focuses on patents for plants and animals as a central part of innovations in agro-related biotechnology. A statistical...