In this study, we compared the profile of German Transnational Patents with the patenting profiles of other countries from several different angles. Germany is a stronghold in international patenting in terms of the absolute number of filings (ranked the third only after the United States and...

Innovationen sind ein zentrales Element zur Erhaltung der Wettbewerbsfähigkeit Deutschlands in einer globalisierten Weltwirtschaft. Waren die Innovationsanstrengungen von Wirtschaft und Politik in der Vergangenheit vorrangig darauf ausgerichtet, auf Forschung und Entwicklung basierende...

This report is an account of the relationship between the ERA development and German research and innovation policy (R&I policy). The report introduces what ERA is and how the activities and instruments at European level have fundamentally changed and broadened. It provides a discussion of key...