Innovation is without any doubt one of the most important fields of action in Europe s attempt to compete on a global level. Indeed, the establishment and development of support systems of innovation is fundamental in order to achieve the goals of the Lisbon Declaration, in which the EU states that it aims at becoming the world s most knowledgeable and thus the world s most competitive region by 2010. This book, which is the result of a specialist workshop co-organised by TuTech Innovation (Hamburg, Germany) and the Warsaw School of Economics held in Warsaw (Poland) in early 2005, looks at...

This book provides an overview of the most important issues related to innovation and technology and knowledge transfer, drawing from a number of case studies from across Europe. This publication is part of the project The transfer of knowledge the analysis of the science-business relationship for the Regional Innovation Strategy in Mazovia region co-financed by the Polish government and the European Social Fund within the framework of the Action 2.6 Regional Innovation Strategies and the Transfer of Knowledge. Thanks to its scope and transnational dimension, this book will provide useful...