Knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) constitute a major source of innovative knowledge for small- and medium-sized enterprises. In regional innovation systems, KIBS play a crucial role in distributing innovations and improving the region´s overall innovative capacities. While the...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Universities, entrepreneurial ecosystems, and sustainability: An overview -- Part I: Universities and entrepreneurial ecosystems -- Chapter 1 Entrepreneurial ecosystems, learning regions, and the role of universities -- Chapter 2 The dark side of the university’s...

Die im Koalitionsvertrag skizzierte Innovationspolitik stellt einen Übergang zwischen traditioneller und transformativer Politik dar. Die aktuelle deutsche Innovationspolitik zeichnet sich, neben unternehmenszentrierten Maßnahmen, vor allem durch die Ausrichtung auf gesamtgesellschaftliche...

Residential energy consumption has been increasingly singled out by public policies as a key area for potential emission reduction. The public implementation of energy efficiency consultants (EECs) as change agents aims at the diffusion of innovation in building efficiency and overcoming...

There is a growing scholarly and political consensus about the potential of entrepreneurial ecosystems (EEs) to further sustainability by fostering sustainable start-ups. However, little is known about how the constituents of EEs as institutional framework for entrepreneurship affect the success...

During recent international climate negotiations like in Paris 2015, the European Union agreed to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases. Policy-makers target the residential sector as a major user of fossil energy because potential to improve the energy efficiency in existing houses is...