Die vorliegende Dissertationsschrift befasst sich mit innovativen Aktivitäten und deren Wirkung im regionalen Raum. Innovationen und das damit einhergehende neu geschaffene Wissen sind wesentliche Treiber wirtschaftlicher und gesellschaft-licher Entwicklung. Innovationen beziehungsweise neue...

This book is the result of a series of discussions initiated by an FP6 project carried out during the year 2007 and which focused on issues of Science and Technology (S & T) governance and ethics in Europe and Asia. The discussions not only in increased mutual understanding between the two...

With its portable, storable, and zero-emission features, hydrogen energy is regarded as one of the most promising alternative energies for the next generation. Along with developing hydrogen technology applications, Japan's pilot experiments have demonstrated the feasibility of a hydrogen...

European countries are currently faced with a variety of challenges, ranging from the new global distribution of economic activity, the diffusion of new, radical technologies to the aging of its population, youth unemployment and the aftermath of the economic and financial crisis. These...