Die Beiträge bieten einen Überblick über ausgewählte Ergebnisse des vom Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung geförderten Forschungsprojekts „Open Innovation in Life Sciences“. Das Projekt wurde von Mai 2008 bis Mai 2011 an der Universität Potsdam durchgeführt. Der Schwerpunkt...

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 focuses on topics such as the cultural specificity of Arab family businesses with regard to shaping their governance and management; the influence that specific values in the Arab world could exert on the management of family businesses; how spiritual and religious values influence...

This book contains a unique collection of studies on key economic and social policy challenges faced by countries of the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean region in a short- and long-term perspective. Prepared within the EU funded FP7 project on „Prospective Analysis for the Mediterranean...

This book investigates the role and the impacts of armies and military regimes in the Middle East. It argues that one of the main causes of the slow and stagnated economic development in the region is high military expenditure perpetuated by strong grips of armies on the politics of the region

This publication examines how drug originator manufacturers manage to shield their products from competition. It characterizes the pharmaceutical industry in detail and analyzes actions that violate antitrust laws in the USA and/or the European Union. The publication examines, for example,...

As ‘disruption’ is currently becoming the new buzzword in boardrooms, this book advocates that the most striking opportunity for business today is making itself relevant to its stakeholders. By presenting a new route via innovative business models, a transformational corporate approach to...

This book explores technological innovation in family firms, seeking to reconstruct the links between the heterogeneous dimensions of family businesses and their innovative behaviour. Building on and examining the traditional view of family firms as conservative, this book contributes to...