The last decades saw a pronounced shift in innovation policy in Germany and many other countries towards increased …. -- Cluster ; Innovation Policy ; Evaluation ; Social Network Analysis …

conditions in the context of other framework conditions for innovation. In Germany, there is a diversity of overall well …-funded technology-neutral and technology-specific programs providing grants to R&D and innovation projects. Different types of SMEs … access public funding for R&D and innovation activities to varying degrees. Using an extensive sample of 2,700 German SMEs …

on industrial innovations in Germany. We discuss the characteristics of companies that benefit from the findings of … of received knowledge spillovers, we found no higher probability of publicly supported innovations for firms in Germany …

innovation systems, highlight the outline conditions for innovations in Germany, focusing above all on the basis of innovations … information flows and cooperation patterns within the innovation system of Germany. In the summary at the end of this paper we …In the following paragraphs we will discuss the "mapping of innovative clusters in national innovation systems". For …

the most controversial themes in the research of innovation systems, regional networks and new economic geography. While … program in Germany in recent years. We find that the perception of the necessity of spatial proximity for project success is … contexts when knowledge is novel and the innovation endeavor is more radical while this effect is less pronounced for projects …

On behalf of the Federal Government of Germany, the Commission of Experts for Research and Innovation presents its …

performance of firms organized in clusters. These are Germany's well known BioRegio and BioProfile contests for which we compare …

On behalf of the Federal Government of Germany, the Commission of Experts for Research and Innovation presents its … reunification, research and innovation policies in eastern Germany are reviewed (Section B 3). The Expert Commission also considers … and innovation in Part C are presented in a new format, which we hope will be more readily accessible for decision …

The innovative performance of 1,200 representative firms in the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania and … the Slovak Republic was analyzed. The study differentiates between product innovation and three different forms of process …