Evaluation of Technology Policy Programmes in Germany

Foreword. Part I: Introduction. Practice of Technology Policy in Germany -- Introduction and Overview; S. Kuhlmann, F. Meyer-Krahmer. Part II: Case Studies. Evaluation of the Promotion of R&D Activities in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises; U. Kuntze, K. Hornschild. Evaluation of the Promotion of R&D Cooperations of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises; G. Becher, H. Wolff. Evaluation of the Indirect-Specific Promotion of Manufacturing Technology; J. Wengel, G. Lay, C. Dreher. Application of New Technologies in Accordance with Human Needs in the Printing Industry -- Changing Paradigms in the Evaluation of Small Enterprises Oriented R&D Funding; H.-R. Treichel, K. Ciesinger. Diffusion and Potential Analyses as Part of Programme Evaluations: Exemplified in the Promotion of Laser Technology and the Promotion of Thin-Film-Technology; M. Reinhard. Evaluation of the Promotion of Information Technology: Microelectronics; Microperiphery and Microsystem Technology; C. Becker. Evaluation of the Promotion of Pre-Competitive Research and Development Cooperation in the Case of Microsystems Technology (MST); R. Eschenbach, J. Hafkesbrink, S. Lütz. Evaluation of Technology Transfer Initiatives in the Framework of Innovation Support Programmes Instruments of Technology Transfer Evaluation -- The Case of Microsystems Technology; J. Hafkesbrink, H. Horst. Part III: Selected Methodological Advances. Problems and Implications of an Institution Based Impact Analysis of the Berlin Model of Technology and Know-How Transfer; O. Pfirrmann, K. Schroeder. New Technology Indicators for the Evaluation of Research and Development Programmes; H. Grupp, U. Kuntze, U. Schmoch. Technometrics as a Tool in the Evaluation of Innovation-Support-Programmes -- Usingthe Example of Microsystems Technologies (MST); J. Hafkesbrink, M. Krause. Part IV: Selected Policy Issues. The Market; Market Failure; and the Evaluation of Technology Promoting Programmes; M. Fritsch. Regulation and Innovation -- Some New Prospects of Science and Technology Policy in the Federal Republic of Germany; G. Becher. Index.