This paper explores how and why collaboration with different types of partners and the position within a research network can affect firms' innovative performance in terms of product innovations. A detailed empirical analysis is carried out in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry. This...

This paper discusses the outcomes of university-industry interaction from the perspective of an individual academic researcher. Two contributions are made to the extant literature. First, in the existing research, the focus has mostly been on outcomes such as university-based patenting,...

Mit dem hier vorliegenden Text werden die Ergebnisse der ersten Phase eine Forschungsprojektes vorgelegt, das sich auf die Untersuchung von Entwicklungsprojekten in internationalen Kooperationen und strategischen Allianzen richtet. Ausgangspunkt ist die Bildung von globalen Arbeitsprozessen als...

The flow of knowledge through interaction between innovative actors is central to the systemic view of innovation. We review the literature on interaction and innovator networks with a focus on regional aspects. To illustrate the relevance of these relations, we apply social network analysis...

The claim of a positive association between a firm’s social assets and its inno-vative capacity is a widely debated topic in the literature. Although controversial, such an argument has informed recent innovation policy across Germany, increasingly di-rected to cluster formation. In the light...

Art und Umfang der Finanzberichterstattung von Unternehmen über ihre kooperativen Aktivitäten sind umstritten - anekdotische Evidenz und rechnungslegungstheoretische Betrachtungen attestieren mitunter eine zu geringe Transparenz. Um diese Kritik einer empirischen Untersuchung zuführen zu...

Policy makers spend large amounts of public resources on the foundation of science parks and other forms of geographically clustered business activities, in order to stimulate regional innovation. Underlying the relation between clusters and innovation is the assumption that co-located firms...

Information, communication and transport networks have always been in a state of flux, while they also influence each other. Extensive research efforts have been made to investigate the dynamics in the structure and use of networks, e.g., by means of network geometries, small-world effects and...

Research has gained in importance at universities of applied sciences in recent years. However, a lack of suitable doctoral opportunities for their own graduates can be observed. When looking for university partners for cooperative doctorates, graduates of university of applied sciences continue...