The German research system is functionally differentiated into various institutional pillars, most importantly the university system and the extra-university sector including institutes of the Helmholtz Association, the Max Planck Society, the Leibniz Association and the Fraunhofer Society....

This article investigates the emergence of nano S&T in Germany. Using multiple longitudinal data sets, we describe the complete set of research institutions and companies that entered this science-based technology field and the development of their inter-organisational networks between 1991 and...

"This book seeks to fill the gap in research between universities and the public, and offers cutting-edge insight into the current state of the field, charting a course that moves from discussions of academic resistance and implications for knowledge-transfer theory to current case-studies of...

"This book seeks to fill the gap in research between universities and the public, and offers cutting-edge insight into the current state of the field, charting a course that moves from discussions of academic resistance and implications for knowledge-transfer theory to current case-studies of...