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PublicationTechno-scientific cooperation with central and eastern Europe. The example of Slovenia(ISI, 1994)The advisory project for the promotion of industrial innovation in Slovenia described here is an example of policy consulting based on research, with a detailed situational analysis and evaluation, an identification of problem areas, and joint development and realisation of measures for improvement. Due to the situation of transition and structural change in policy and economy, the stock-taking process was time-consuming and solid information and data bases were often lacking. The confrontation of the offers from the innovation infrastructure with enterprises' needs revealed deficits, and also points of application for improvement measures. The intensive discussion of problem areas and possible solutions led to a stronger communication between policy, industry and science, and provided concrete ideas for the support of technology and innovation. However, the realisation of the measures for improvement is very difficult, due to the restricted competence of the Ministries, and the insuff icient coordination between them. An overall strategy for the promotion of technology, with clear objectives and targets for policy, industry and science, is lacking. There are still communication and cooperation deficits between - and within - these areas, for instance between industry and science, and there are lacks of resources, for example in the support of innovation by banks and the state. These difficulties necessitate a longer term dialogue-oriented consulting, which promotes communiction and cooperation between the main actors of politics, industry and science and is flexible in adapting to national needs. This requires a detailed situational analysis and monitoring, as well as the scientific evaluation of consulting based on impact analysis. There is no generally pattern for techno-scientific cooperation with Central and Eastern Europe; the objectives and structure of each advisory project should be oriented towards the specific situation of the country and its needs.
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PublicationIntegration regionaler Technologiepolitik und übergreifender technologiepolitischer Maßnahmen. Aspekt nationaler Technologiepolitik im europäischen Kontext. Beispiel Deutschland. Beitrag zur Jahresenquete der Vereinigung der Technologiezentren Österreichs(ISI, 1993)A short overview is given of the technology policy in Germany science 1945. There is a description of the regional, the national and the transnational aspects of the technology policy. The technology policy of the EU is compared with the national technology policy of Germany
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PublicationPolicies towards technology-based companies in a regional contextCentres of excellence (CoEs) can arise from a regional cluster of technology-oriented enterprises, but also from a cluster of research institutes and innovation-supportive service institutions such as technology parks and information and advisory agencies. Strengthening of the regional innovation and technology base can take place when the Centres-of-excellence are embedded in a regional network, so that other firms and institutions are also able to participate in the regional research and technology potential. In this paper the thesis is put forward that it is not sufficient to use CoEs as an regional technology policy instrument without additional measures. CoEs can only contribute to strengthening the regional innoationn potential if the scientific and technological capacities of firms located in the region are increased, or if the founding of technology-based firms is suported. One precondition for the formulation of appropriate promotion measures is knowledge of the regional entre preuririal and technology potential.
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PublicationAnalyse von Spin-offs der Raumfahrtforschung mit Hilfe von PatentindikatorenA greatly objective method of describing technology transfers from space technology based on patent indicators was developed for the present investigation. The study is not only aimed at providing new data material in conjunction with the political discussion but also at answering the question in which sectors of space flight research a particularly favorable or unfavorable spin-off situation should be expected. The background, therefore, is a purely pragmatic interest in an optimum utilization of resources in space research.
