The theory of endogenous technical change has deeply contributed to our understanding ofthe fundamental sources of economic growth and development. In this chapter we surveyimportant contributions in the field by focussing on the basic structure of endogenous growthmodels with horizontal as well...

This paper attempts to develop a spatial model of economic growth in which technology and externalities are assumed to be accountable for production in geographical space. Linking externalities to the extent of intensity of production across locations in continuous space, we introduce spatial...

Web 2.0 ist das wohl bekannteste aktuelle Schlagwort im Umfeld des Internets und des World-Wide Webs. Eine explodierende Zahl von Blogs (z. B. die Web 2.0-Workgroup), Projekten (z. B.Go2Web20.net), Zeitschriften und deren diverse Sonderausgaben (money.cnn.com/ magazines/business2/,...

The interdependence of technical and financial considerations poses a majorproblem for the development of appropriate decision support systems in businesspractice. In this paper, an application - with strategic importance for outsourcingproviders in information technology - is described...

This chapter advocates the good scientific practice of systematic research syntheses in Management and Organizational Science (MOS). A research synthesis is the systematic accumulation, analysis and reflective interpretation of the full body of relevant empirical evidence related to a question....

„Die deutsche Hochschule hat sich selbst verloren; sie spricht nicht mehr für sich. Sieläßt sich von "Gesellschaften mit beschränkter Haftung" durch die Manege führen, alsgäbe es sie aus eigenem Recht gar nicht. Die Politik hat sich von der Hochschuleverabschiedet, obwohl sie täglich...

We investigate how the research standing of universities informs academic researchers’ engagement with industry via collaborative research, contract research and consulting. We argue that the establishment of university-industry relationships is informed by three factors: faculty perceived...

Ab dem 7. Januar 2004 beteiligten sich Studenten der Universität Leipzig an den seiteinigen Monaten bundesweit währenden Protestaktionen mit einem „konstruktivenStreik“. Dabei sollten reguläre Lehrveranstaltungen ersetzt werden durch Aktionen,die durch Ort, Zeit und insbesondere Inhalt...

The paper presents a linear model of product quality in scientific competition.The only outputs of research are published papers; the onlyinputs are labor and papers by other researchers, which are cited whenused. Researchers compete for status, measured as their rank in a citationscount. If...