Seit geraumer Zeit wird dem Standort Deutschland eine Unterversorgung mit Wagniskapital diagnostiziert. Die Etablierung eines Wachstumssegments an der Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse und die Unterstützung auf junge Hochtechnologieunternehmen spezialisierter Beteiligungsunternehmen gehören...

In seinem Beitrag zeigt Ferdinand Dudenhöffer, Universität Duisburg-Essen, dass die Premiumbranche den Autostandort Deutschland stabilisiert. Das weltweite Premiumgeschäft ist die Domäne der deutschen Autokonzerne. Neue Impulse, wie etwa die Kategorie kleiner Premiumfahrzeuge, haben dem...

James A. (2005) Demystifying the role of culture in innovative regional economies, Regional Studies 39 , 1197-1216. Within the regional learning and innovation literature, the precise impact of regional 'culture' on firms' competitive performance remains unspecified. In response, this paper...

Using 4 years of data from 36 American cities and 6 high technology groupings we present thc first estimates of University R&D spillover effects on ctnployrnent at this level of disag-gregation, while controlling for wages, prior innovations, state fixed efrccts, and saniple selectivity hias. We...

This paper analyzes the role of innovation activities in the export participation of Chinese high-tech firms during the period of 2005-2007. Using a parametric, instrumental variable approach and a non-parametric matching method, we find that firm-level innovation efforts, measured by R&D and...

The paper uses a range of primary-source empirical evidence to address the question: ‘why is it to hard to value intangible assets?’ The setting is venture capital investment in high technology companies. While the investors are risk specialists and financial experts, the entrepreneurs are...

Статья посвящена анализу двух важнейших понятий, лежащих в основе экономического прогресса и включенных в механизм преобразования производительных сил...

В статье определено понятие рынка технологий, указано его роль и влияние на развитие инновационного предпринимательства, а также обосновано необходимость...

In the past decade, the innovation literature has mainly targeted high-tech (HT) sectors due to their higher return on investment and important role in building new societies and economies. While the HT sector is still of a leading importance, whether medium and low tech (LMT) sectors should be...

We live in an era when a remarkable number of new information and other technologies are successfully bypassing the main obstacle to technological advance: technology support network (TSN). Technology support net, when fully established and fixed, erects significant barriers to innovation....