In this paper we analyse the impact of the financial crisis 2008/2009 on RnD-activities in the economy in Germany and in selected developed countries. We focus on RnD-expenditures, RnD-personal and on changes in the structure of RnD-resources and -activities. Additionally we compare the...

[Einleitung ...] Das Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit ist es, die Vor- und Nachteile des Patentsystems aus ökonomischer Sicht zu beschreiben und die Unterschiede des europäischen und amerikanischen Systems in Bezug auf Patentierung von CIE herauszuarbeiten. Hierbei wird vor allem auch auf die...

The following article systematically analyzes the question of how the results of R&D and its protection - or so to say, the technology base of a firm - can influence its market value and profits. Based on theoretical arguments it is hypothesized that large and highly valuable patent portfolios...

Empirical evidence shows that the distribution of patent applications is highly skewed in terms of company size, with a few large enterprises being responsible for the majority of patent applications. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), on the other hand, are important players in national...

This study includes two expert reports, which are based on each other. At the core of the first expertise is the analysis of the patent application structures within the technological field of mechanical engineering and their evolution over time at an international level. Secondly, building on...

We analyze the effects of the financial crisis 2008/2009 on higher education institutions (HEI) in Germany and draw international comparisons. We primarily focus on impacts of the crisis on public financing of HEI as well as co-operations between science and industry. For Germany, we find a...

For the first time, the new German Data Protection Act, which was implemented on 23 May 2001, contains a recommendation for the realisation of data protection audits in private companies. However, a detailed structure of the data protection audits by the legislator has been lacking up to now....

A popular and widespread, though rarely ever scrutinised method of measuring a complex multidimensional construct y consists of adding the scores (Wert), ..., (Wert) assigned to a unit in in "dimensions". These scores ("indicators") are supposed to represent the in relevant aspects of y....

Especially in the US but also in Europe there has been a vast mass of rankings for the past years. Magazines report about the best universities, the most beautiful golf courses, the most successful lawyers and so on. But in spite of the popularity of rankings there are obvious problems with...

In seinem Heft 13/2004 vom 26.3.2004 veröffentlichte das Deutsche Ärzteblatt einen Artikel mit dem Titel "Von der Wahrscheinlichkeit des Irrtums", in dem der Autor Wolfgang Weihe eine seiner Meinung nach sowohl neue als auch ungewöhnliche Position bezüglich der Interpretation von...