Anbieter von F&E-Leistungen können wegen asymmetrischer Informationsverteilung zu Lasten des Abnehmers erst nach Vertragsschluß�eine kontinuierliche Beteiligung am Innovationsertrag aushandeln. Der Beitrag nennt die Determinanten der hierfür erforderlichen nachvertraglichen...

R&D outsourcing is often conducted during the early, market-distant stages of the innovation process. However, the main obstacle to this potentially efficient interfirm specialization is the high danger of moral hazard. Most organizational mechanisms fail to control that type of opportunism...

Due to increasing technological complexity of new product development, Contract R&D becomes more important. However, existence and efficiency of Contract R&D supply relations are endangered by specific mutual opportunism possibilities. We show how empirical contract research, a branch of...

Die F�igkeiten eines Unternehmens Innovationsleistungen zu erbringen und diese erfolgreich zu vermarkten, sind Voraussetzung, um langfristigen Erfolg zu erm�lich. Eine diesem Ziel gerecht werdende Innovationsstrategie wird dabei wesentlich durch den Einsatz entsprechender...

Investments in a technology have to consider its current life cycle stage. The widespread approach of studying technology life cycles by measuring patent activity indices, especially patent applications, raises a practical problem: it requires the survey of all applications and applicants on a...