The discussion on regional innovation systems emphasizes the duality of local and global links. While the former enable effective knowledge exchange between regional actors, the latter are considered to provide regional systems with knowledge diverse to their knowledge base. Our empirical...

In this paper, we compare two different representations of Framework Programs as affiliation network: 'One-mode networks' and 'Two-mode networks'. The aim of this article is to show that the choice of the representation has an impact on the analysis of the networks and on the results of the...

We examine whether cooperation in R&D leads to product market collusion. Suppose that firms engage in a stochastic R&D race while maintaining the collusive equilibrium in a repeated-game framework. Innovation under competitive R&D creates inter-firm asymmetries, which destabilizes the collusive...

This paper tests whether upstream R&D cooperation leads to downstream collusion. We consider an oligopolistic setting where firms enter in research joint ventures (RJVs) to lower production costs or coordinate on collusion in the product market. We show that a sufficient condition for...

The recent 'scientification' of commercial technology has brought the interface between universities and industry into sharp focus. In particular, academic entrepreneurship, i.e., the variety of ways in which academics take direct part in the commercialization of research, is widely discussed....

In this paper, a model of product innovation is developed that endogenizes the degree of cooperation. Two opposing forces affect firm profit in an R&D joint venture. Cooperation increases the quality of the product but it also makes the new products more similar. The increasing substitutability...

Insgesamt werden in der Schweiz nach Südkorea die meisten Erfindungen/Mio. Einwohner angemeldet. Hinsichtlich der durchschnittlichen technologischen Qualität der Erfindungen liegt die Schweiz insgesamt in wichtigen Hightech-Industrien und wichtiger Technologiebereiche jedoch im Mittelfeld der...

Das Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) hat mit seinem Programm InnoRegio neue Wege der Innovationsförderung in den neuen Bundesländern beschritten. Gefördert werden 23 in einem Wettbewerb ermittelte regionale Kooperationsgemeinschaften von Unternehmen und wissenschaftlichen...

Die Internationalisierung der Märkte und der rasante Zuwachs von technologischem Wissen sind für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen (KMU) eine große Herausforderung. Um ihre Wettbewerbsfähigkeit zu sichern, müssen sie auf externes Wissen zurückgreifen und Innovationsprozesse zunehmend...