Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Measuring the Performance of Knowledge Value-Added in University-Industry Collaborative Innovation -- Chapter 3: Efficiency Evaluation of Knowledge Flow in University-Industry Collaborative Innovation in China -- Chapter 4: Big Five Personality Traits and...

The book explores different approaches towards the ‘entrepreneurial university’ paradigm, explores channels and mechanism used by universities to implement the paradigm and contributes to the public discussion on the impact of commercialization on university research and knowledge. It argues...

Major societal challenges of a global nature include climate change, efficient energy supply, environmental sustainability, and health care. Science & Technology Policy (S&T) policy is an essential contributor to dealing with these challenges; moreover, international cooperation and...

Editorial Introduction -- Part A: Analytic Advances and Methodology -- Part B: Structure and Spatial Characteristics of R&D Networks -- Part C: Impact of R& D Networks and Policy Implications -- Epilogue

Innovationen und Innovationspolitik in China -- Transformationen in der chinesischen Hochschullandschaft -- Konkrete Ansätze und Beispiele für beginnende Innovationsdynamik -- Befunde aus Forschungsprojekten und Studien -- Herausforderungen und Konzepte beim Übergang von der Hochschule in den...

Chapter 1 Assessing Research Collaboration Studies: A Framework for Analysis -- Chapter 2 Inputs, Resources and Research Collaboration -- Chapter 3 Processes and Activities in Research Collaboration -- Chapter 4 The Outputs, Outcomes and Impacts of Research Collaboration -- Chapter 5...

Research and development (R and D) leads to innovation, and innovation leads to technological change. Technological change, in turn, is the primary driver of economic growth. Public/private partnerships -- cooperative relationships among industry, government, and/or universities -- leverage the...

1.Introduction -- 2.Risk Assessment -- 3.Hierarchical Model in Decision-Making -- 4.An Integrated Fuzzy Approach for Aggregative Supplier Risk Assessment -- 5.Fuzzy-AHP Approach for Analysing Risk Rating of Environmentally Friendly Product Designs -- 6.Fuzzy Extent Analysis for Food Risk...

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...

This book is the revised version of a doctoral thesis written at the Graduiertenkolleg Law and Economics at Hamburg University. It addresses the market failure with respect to R&D for medicines for tropical diseases and the lack of access to affordable medicines in poor countries. Tropical...