We analyze the role of public support in the financing pattern of R&D in German SMEs and their assessment of financing conditions in the context of other framework conditions for innovation. In Germany, there is a diversity of overall well-funded technology-neutral and technology-specific...

Seit 1999 fördert das Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie (BMWi) im Programm "Förderung von innovativen Netzwerken (InnoNet)" größere Verbundprojekte zwischen öffentlichen Forschungseinrichtungen und mehreren kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen (KMU). Die Unternehmen kommen in...

Seit 1999 fördert das Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie (BMWi) im Programm "Förderung von innovativen Netzwerken (InnoNet)" größere Verbundprojekte zwischen öffentlichen Forschungseinrichtungen und mehreren kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen (KMU). Die Unternehmen kommen in...

The innovation policy of the German government and Länder provides small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with a wide range of programs to promote their R & D and focuses, in particular, on the transfer of knowledge. In recent years, the programs have been streamlined and funding...

Many small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are unable to finance research and development (R & D) using only their internal resources. However, they have limited access to external financing loans for high-risk R & D projects. Therefore, funding programs initiated by the German government,...

We analyze the role of public support in the financing pattern of R&D in German SMEs and their assessment of financing conditions in the context of other framework conditions for innovation. In Germany, there is a diversity of overall well-funded technology-neutral and technology-specific...