Das technologische Know-how der Hochschulen auf dem Gebiet der Forschung und Entwicklung macht sie zu einem wichtigen Partner der Wirtschaft. In diesem Artikel wird der Beitrag der wissenschaftlichen Einrichtungen zur technologischen Entwicklung in Deutschland durch die Analyse von...

This paper examines international cooperation on technological development as an alternative to international cooperation on GHG emission reductions. It is assumed that when countries cooperate they coordinate their investments so as to minimize the agreement costs of controlling emissions and...

Against the background of the so-called "European paradox", i.e. the conjecture that EU countries lack the capability to transfer science into commercial innovations, knowledge transfer from academia to industry has been a central issue in policy debates recently. Based on a sample of German...

Valuable knowledge emerges increasingly outside of firm boundaries, in particular in public research institutions and universities. The question is how firms organize their interactions with universities effectively to acquire knowledge and apply it successfully. Literature has so far largely...