The paper aims to show how policy makers can stimulate firms' cooperation with research organisations in innovation. We argue that the administration of an R&D subsidy can be effective. Furthermore, this should be more so for extra-regional than intra-regional cooperation. The firms' propensity...

In recent years, an increasing political interest has developed in long-term strategic partnerships for science-industry collaboration in pre-competitive research and devel-opment, driven by a perception of a distinct "blind spot" in many innovation systems. In different contexts, such...

Innovationen und Innovationspolitik in China -- Transformationen in der chinesischen Hochschullandschaft -- Konkrete Ansätze und Beispiele für beginnende Innovationsdynamik -- Befunde aus Forschungsprojekten und Studien -- Herausforderungen und Konzepte beim Übergang von der Hochschule in den...