Edwin Mansfield was a research pioneer into the economics of R and D and technological change. As appreciation and remembrance for his scholarly contributions, eminent scholars have contributed original papers for this edited volume. The authors have followed the 'Mansfieldian' approach of...

This book outlines the unique challenges and opportunities of doing business in Africa, analysing how varying degrees of development across its countries affects entrepreneurship. Taking into account historical and cultural contexts, the authors approach the topic by evaluating the different...

University Startups and Spin-Offs teaches university students, researchers, and educators the most effective strategies and tactics for launching their own startups from academic platforms with the backing of school programs, public grants, incubators, seed accelerators, and private partnerships...

The worst chemical disaster ever could be happening right now. In India and Bangladesh between forty and eighty million people are at risk of consuming too much arsenic from well water that might have already caused one hundred thousand cancer cases and thousands of deaths. Many millions...

A crucial issue in the era of globalisation and internationalization, is whether the relationship between investment and finance is beneficial to growth and development. Received wisdom is that Research and Development is essential not only for maintaining productivity, but also for competing in...

The book investigates the interplay of brand equity and technological assets at the corporate level. In a grounded theory approach it develops a model of how companies in technology intensive industries can improve the appropriation of the returns of their intangible technological assets with...

Fehlschlagende Projekte - insbesondere im Umfeld von Forschung und Entwicklung - werden häufig erst wesentlich später abgebrochen, als eine rationale, ökonomische Betrachtung empfehlen würde. Durch solche verspäteten Abbrüche entstehen Unternehmen jedoch hohe Effizienz- und...

FuE-, Innovations- und Patentmanagement - Eine Schnittstellenbestimmung -- Technologielebenszyklus-Modelle - Eine kritische Analyse -- Patentstatistische Indikatoren für den Verlauf von Technologielebenszyklen -- Erteilungspraxis bei Patentanmeldungen und ihre Auswirkungen auf die Strategie von...

Endogene Sunk Costs und die Kostenstruktur -- Endogene Sunk Costs in einem „Love of Variety“ Modell -- Endogene Sunk Costs in einem „Ideal Variety“ Modell -- Anwendungen der Modelle mit endogenen Sunk Costs -- Schlussbemerkungen.