The German biotechnology industry missed the accession of this key technology in the 1980s. Policy makers make … biotech industry in Germany. We assume that R&D policy was driven blind by the idea to catch up with world’s biotech leaders … and analyse if Germany’s R&D policy lost its origins. We do examine, if Germany sacrifice economic funding principles, in …

industry and from industry to science in the biotechnology sector. In order to model these knowledge flows a citation analysis … ; biotechnology industry …

The paper tests empirically the role of knowledge stocks to explain the regional distribution of Germany …’s biotechnology founders. We present an unique approach to highlight the role of knowledge spillovers as we differentiate according …

Regions with biotechnology-specific knowledge seem to have best chances to attract potential entrepreneurs to establish … a biotechnology-firm. Furthermore, regional oriented technology policy is supposed to stimulate the creation process of … biotechnology clusters, too. The BioRegio contest (BRC) is the most prominent example for this kind of policy support. The analysis …

their investments. Competition is, however, not localized within a market segment and the class of new or old models, i …

market competition. The amount of knowledge firms can absorb from other firms is made dependent on their own research efforts … positive effect on R&D efforts both under research joint venture and under research competition. Firms' propensity to … collaborate in R&D is increasing in R&D productivity. The key findings of the theoretical model are tested using German innovation …

affect firms' innovation strategy choices, concretely, whether to abstain from innovation, to introduce products that are … known in the market but new to the firm (imitation) or to introduce market novelties (innovation). Using a sample of 1253 … effectiveness is low or medium, both innovation and imitation are enhanced, whereas if it is high, only innovation is enhanced …

This literature review analyses the impacts of the EU ETS on competitiveness focussing on existing simulation studies … relevant literature. We find, however, that effects of the scheme on competitiveness are modest, even given the business as … regulation methods ETSs can have positive competitiveness effects. However, the EU ETS is not designed to boost Europe’s economy …

Environmental policies may have important consequences for firms' competitiveness or profitability. However, the … literature finds hardly any significant competitiveness effects on firms, least not during the first two phases of the scheme … limit the impact of the EU ETS. Finally, small but significant stimulating effects on innovation have been found so far …