Im vorliegenden Beitrag werden die Unternehmensaktivitäten des TechnologieZentrum Koblenz (TZK) seit Gründung analysiert. Insbesondere werden die Entwicklungsverläufe der einzelnen Unternehmen des TZK über die Jahre analysiert und untersucht, in welchem Maße die Unternehmen des TZK zur...

Nur ein Bruchteil der zu einer Gründung entschlossenen Personen gründet tatsächlich ein Unternehmen. Warum werden Geschäftsideen oftmals noch vor der formalen Gründung wieder aufgegeben? Welche Faktoren sind es, die Unternehmensgründungen fördern bzw. hemmen - sowohl mit Blick auf die...

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,...

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...

This study explicitly takes into account that the decision to enter into a cooperative R&D relationship is related to the antecedent decision to carry out R&D. This calls for a methodological approach that, at the same time, allows the joint analysis of the determinants of the two decisions and...

This paper discusses the determinants of product innovation in young innovative companies (YICs) by looking at in-house and external R&D and at the acquisition of external technology in embodied and disembodied components. These input-output relationships are tested on a sample of innovative...

This paper discusses the determinants of product innovation in young innovative companies (YICs) by looking at in-house and external R&D and at the acquisition of external technology in embodied and disembodied components. These input-output relationships are tested on a sample of innovative...

This study explicitly takes into account that the decision to enter into an external R&D relationship is related to an antecedent decision to carry out R&D. This calls for a methodological approach that, at the same time, permits the joint analysis of the determinants of the two decisions and...