Supporting the Development of R&D and the Innovation Potential of Post-Socialist Countries (Nato Science Series)

The course was called to address problems created by a general lack of skills in research and development, a lack of local expertise on information and technology transfer, and a lack of experience in disseminating results from research and development in Caucasian and neighboring post-socialist countries. The topics include legal dimensions of inn. Cover......Page 1 Title page......Page 2 Introduction......Page 6 Contents......Page 8 Trends in Innovation in a European Context – Problems and Perspectives......Page 10 Legal Dimensions of Innovation......Page 20 Knowledge and Innovation – New Developments in the UK......Page 28 Examples of International Co-operation in Technology Transfer and Environmental Education in Greece......Page 38 Research and Development as Tools for Developments in Ukraine......Page 46 Problems and Approaches in National Innovation Policy in Armenia......Page 58 Innovation Relay Centres – New Trends in a European Project......Page 68 (Mis)match between Demand and Supply for Technology: Innovation, R&D and Growth Issues in Countries of Central and Eastern Europe......Page 80 Current Problems of Biotechnology in Armenia......Page 92 SME and Innovation Policy in Bulgaria......Page 102 The Role of Universities in the Development of an Innovative Economy in Russia......Page 118 Development of Scientific and Technological Capabilities in Belarus......Page 126 Environmental Management – A Real Area for Innovation in Belarus......Page 138 INTAS and its Activities in Innovation: What a Research Funding Organization Can Do......Page 144 Innovation in Transition: Lessons from Poland......Page 150 Some International Perspectives on Innovation......Page 160 Subject Index......Page 182 Author Index......Page 184