Die Gründung eines innovativen Unternehmens stellt eine Form der kommerziellen Verwer-tung von Wissen dar. Der Beitrag gibt einen Überblick über Ausmaß von Gründungen in wis-sensintensiven bzw. innovativen Branchen und deren Entwicklung. Da die Gründung eines Unternehmens wesentlich durch...

Das ifo Institut hat im Auftrag des Bundeswirtschaftsministeriums untersucht, ob das deutsche Technologietransfersystem noch den Anforderungen des Innovationsstandorts Deutschland entspricht. Das Gutachten - das sich teilweise auf Erhebungen des ifo Instituts stützt - ergab, daß die Politik in...

ILO pub. Working paper on the impact of multinational enterprises on local level technology transfer, choice of technology and employment creation, comprising a case study of Kenya - based on a sample survey, finds that subsidiaries provide management development for local managers, who exercise...

Supports the macro-level analysis with a survey of 46 metal- engineering and 16 secondary petrochemical enterprises.

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on the role of multinational enterprises in the new international division of labour - discusses traditional economic theory (incl. Competition, the immobility of production factors, etc.), the expansion of multinational enterprises (incl. Technologycal advantages,...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on the blending of traditional technology and technological change in developing countries - argues that choice of technology should be compatible with labour intensive requirements and local level management and economic conditions; considers employment creation...

ILO pub. Article on the effect of multinational enterprises on employment and technology in developing countries - covers the scope for choice of technology and technology transfer, the economic obstacles, the problems in evaluation of effects on employment creation, etc., and discusses...

This report approaches current domains of development and tension within China. It was elaborated by students in the frame of a 'Task Force Seminar' in cooperation with the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU). It addresses the issues of...