Analysing links between science, technology and innovation - state of the art in science research and in innovation research

The transfer of the latest scientific results to commercial innovation has become a crucial factor in today's markets. This implies that the competitiveness in modern technologies of the manufacturing industry involves its mutual dependence with the largely publicly financed science institutions. Based on advanced methodologies (patent analysis, bibliometrics, cluster analysis, congnitive cartography), eleven authors from various European countries and Japan give a number of conclusions and recommendations both for (public) science and innovation and indutrial technology management. This chapter summarizes the state of the art in science and innovation research with respect to measurements of the dynamics of science-based innovation.