Research and development is no longer a headquarters function. More and more companies internationalize their ¤R& D activities. The pros and cons of this approach are discussed in this book. The organizational alternatives for inter¤national R&D as well as the consequences that they have for...

The paper provides an insight into the efforts of Germany to create a culture of entrepreneurship at higher-education institutions and to promote university-based start-ups. The focus is on one particular network initiative - GET UP - which is part of the federal program EXIST University-based...

In 2002 a survey conducted by the University of Applied Sciences Jena pointed out that many young technology-based firms in the Free State of Thuringia in Germany strive for international contacts. 50% of the enterprises that have been surveyed operated internationally, 40 % intends to establish...

Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 China's Drive for Innovation -- 2 How Chinese Companies Innovate -- 3 What is Different About Chinese Innovation? -- 4 Multinational Corporations' Innovation in China -- 5 How Multinational Corporations Can Organize For Innovation in China -- 6 Open Innovation in...

Acknowledgments -- China's drive for innovation -- How chinese companies innovate -- What's different about Chinese innovation? -- How multinational companies innovate in China (with Dominique Jolly) -- How multinationals can organize for innovation in China -- Open innovation in China (with...