Title: Promotion and support of innovation infrastructure: examples from the City of Hamburg

Authors: Walter Leal Filho

Addresses: TuTech Innovation, Harburger Schlossstrasse 6-10, Hamburg D-21079, Germany

Abstract: This paper presents the works of TuTech Innovation in Hamburg, a leading European technology transfer agency. It also outlines two pilot projects aimed at promoting innovation in the City of Hamburg. The approach and methods used in these projects as well as their scope, may allow them to be implemented in other regions in central and eastern European countries. The practical nature of these projects, along with their strong innovation elements, make them replicable across Europe, thus supporting current attempts to link the provision of innovation infrastructure with economic and scientific development.

Keywords: innovation infrastructure; innovation support; Hamburg; technology transfer; economic development; scientific development; Germany.

DOI: 10.1504/IJFIP.2006.009310

International Journal of Foresight and Innovation Policy, 2006 Vol.2 No.2, pp.119 - 132

Published online: 16 Mar 2006 *

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