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...

In the knowledge-driven economy, individuals and organizations need to look beyond their own boundaries to complement existing resources. Especially in research-intensive fields, effective and efficient knowledge sharing with collaboration partners has become the key to success. Based on a...

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.

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...

Forschungsintensive Industrien wie die Biotechnologie sind geprägt von einer Vielzahl an Kooperationen zwischen etablierten Großunternehmen mit kleinen Partnern. Aber die Misserfolgsraten solcher Vereinbarungen sind trotz einer zunehmenden Kooperationserfahrung der beteiligten Unternehmen...

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...

Deals with the topic of out-licensing as a novel form of risk-sharing collaborations. The phenomenon of out-licensing is illustrated by three major case studies of Novartis, Schering and Roche as well as several smaller case studies. This book applies the Nobel Prize awarded economic theory of...

Traditionally resources for R and D projects are allocated via planning and budgeting procedures, evaluation methods and hierarchical decision-committees. This book presents resource allocation via internal markets as an alternative to such hierarchical decision procedures. Internal R and D...