Arbeitspapier

Forms and regional distribution of knowledge transfer by German universities

For the first time the transfer activities of two different German university types - the Friedrich Schiller University (FSU) and the University of Applied Sciences Jena (FH Jena) - were documented in parallel over all departments and channels of technology transfers with regard to their regional significance. Five groups of transfer activities are distinguished in the study: (1) those oriented on human capital, (2) those oriented on classic research and development, (3) those oriented on enterprises, (4) those oriented on direct transfers and (5) informal knowledge transfer channels. The results show that the traditional R&D-activities of the universities for the region are embedded into important supplemental transfer channels. In addition the radii of the external relations of the two universities are complementary: FH Jena has a stronger regional bearing, while FSU is more strongly active supra-regionally and internationally. It is possible that stronger support of the university faculty's activities establishing knowledge transfer could increase the regional economic impact of such activity.

ISBN
3939046086
Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: Jenaer Beiträge zur Wirtschaftsforschung ; No. 2007,3

Classification
Erziehung, Schul- und Bildungswesen
Management of Technological Innovation and R&D
Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
Education and Research Institutions: General
Subject
innovation systems
technology transfer
regional development
Universities
know-how-transfer

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Sauer, Thomas
Stoetzer, Matthias-Wolfgang
Gerlach, Andrea
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Ernst-Abbe-Fachhochschule, Fachbereich Betriebswirtschaft
(where)
Jena
(when)
2007

Handle
URN
urn:nbn:de:gbv:27-20100929-164030-0
Last update
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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Sauer, Thomas
  • Stoetzer, Matthias-Wolfgang
  • Gerlach, Andrea
  • Ernst-Abbe-Fachhochschule, Fachbereich Betriebswirtschaft

Time of origin

  • 2007

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