National Systems of Innovation in Comparison: Structure and Performance Indicators for Knowledge Soc

Preface.

Part 1. Introduction and Summary. 1.1 Technological Performance - Concept and Practice; H. Legler et al.

Part 2. The Origin of Knowledge: Research and Development. 2.1 R&D Activities in the German Business Sector; H. Legler et al. 2.2 The Global Distribution of R&D Activities; H. Legler, O. Krawczyk. 2.3 Internationalisation of Industrial R&D; H. Belitz et al. 

Part 3. Performance Indicators of NSI. 3.1 Scientific Performance in an International Comparison; U. Schmoch. 3.2 Technological Structures and Performance as Reflected by Patent Indicators; R. Frietsch, U. Schmoch. 3.3 Innovation in Firms; C. Rammer.  

Part 4. Structural Change and Performance of the NSI. 4.1 Economic Performance of Technology Sectors; D. Schumacher. 4.2 Technology-based Start-ups; C. Rammer. 4.3 Diffusion of Information and Communication Technology; T. Hempell.

Part 5. Education as a Base for NSI. 5.1 Education Structures and Highly Skilled Employment in Europe - A Comparison; R. Frietsch, B. Gehrke. 5.2 Challenges to the German Dual System; A.Uhly et al. 5.3 Higher Education Indicators; J. Egeln, C. Heine. 5.4 Germany's Education System in an International Perspective - An Analysis in Relation to Innovation; D. Dohmen. 

Part 6. Policies for Improving NSI. 6.1 Trends in Innovation Policy: An International Comparison; C. Rammer. 

Part 7. Annex. 7.1 References. 7.2 Abbreviations. 7.3 About the Authors.